PYC4809 Assignment 3 2024 (635198) - DUE
25 September 2024
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, PYC4809 Assignment 3 2024 (635198) - DUE 25 September
2024
Task 1: Case study
READ THE FOLLOWING CASE STUDY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
THAT FOLLOW:
Case study Karen: Anxiety over choosing for herself Assume the perspective
of a Gestalt therapist, and show how you would proceed with Karen, 27-year-
old women who is struggling with value conflicts relating to her religion,
culture, and sex-role expectations. Here is what she has related to you during
the first session. Throughout her life Karen has identified herself as a ‘good
Catholic’ who has not questioned much of her upbringing. She has never
really seen herself as an independent woman; in many ways she feels like a
child, one who is strongly seeking approval and directions from those whom
she considers authorities. Karen tells you that in her culture she was taught to
respect and honour her parents, teachers, priests, and other elders.
Whenever she tries to assert her own will, if it differs from the expectations of
any authority figure, she experiences guilt and self-doubt. She went to
Catholic schools, including college, and she has followed the morals and
teachings of her church very closely. She has not been married, nor has she
even had a long-term relationship with a man. Karen has not had sexual
intercourse, not because she has not wanted to but because she is afraid that
she could not live with herself and her guilt. She feels very restricted by the
codes she lives by, and in many ways, she sees them as rigid and unrealistic.
Yet she is frightened of breaking away from what she was taught, even
though she is seriously questioning much of its validity and is aware that her
views on morality are growing more and more divergent from those that she at
one time accepted. Basically, Karen asks: ‘What if I am wrong? Who am I to
decide what is moral and immoral? I’ve always been taught that morals are
clear-cut and do 2 not allow for individual conveniences. I find it difficult to
accept many of the teachings of my church, but I’m not able to really leave
behind those notions that I don’t accept. What if there is a hell, and I’ll be
damned forever if I follow my own path? What if I discover that I “go wild” and
thus lose any measure of self-respect. Will I be able to live with my guilt if I
don’t follow the morality I’ve been taught?’ Karen is also struggling with the
impact of cultural restraints on her view of what it means to be a woman.
Generally, she sees herself as being dependent, unassertive, fearful of those
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