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A Modest Proposal

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A main stressor for my client is the ending of his marriage. He declares that he wants to resume his relationship with his ex-wife. Even though he and his ex-wife have not spoken in the past 8-months, Pat asserts that they are still "very much in love" and that he is still married. Pat is focused on trying to get a letter to her, reading the books she assigns to her students, and visiting the school where she works. He asserts that they are not together because she wanted him to lose weight and now that he has lost weight he thinks that they will revive their relationship. This stressor serves to motivate most of Pat's daily activities in the hopes that performing these activities will make him more desirable to his ex-wife. Pat is also stressed by his dysfunctional relationship with his father. His father has been diagnosed with obsessive compulsive disorder and follows strict rituals, which he believes will impact the outcome of football games. Pat's erratic behavior often interrupts his father's rituals and organizational practices, leading to frequent disagreements between them. On several occasions, Pat reports that he does not want to be like his father. It seems that Pat worries that his assault of man who was having an …show more content…

While he exhibits symptoms of this stressor less frequently and severely than his other stressors, it is apparent that Pat is concerned about his occupation, potentially as a way to earn back his ex-wife's affection. Pat expressed that he visited the high school where he was previously employed and begged for a teaching or substitute teaching position for any subject that they would offer. Directly after asking for a job, he asked if his ex-wife still worked at the school. The woman at the school told him that the man he assaulted still worked at the school, which was upsetting to him. Nevertheless, he still seems stressed by the prospect of not regaining employment at the

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