Jack's Entering Therapy Case Study

Jack is now entering therapy for the first time. Jack is new to this process; in fact Jack is new to the world, beyond what he knows in great measures. Jack was born inside of a shed and in the shed he was confined to only playing, sleeping, and eating. Jack was conceived shortly after his mother Joyce was abducted by Jack's father. Jack's father suffers from some type of mental or psychological disorder. So there is a slight chance that Jack could have the same traits. Jack is now five years old and does not really understand what is going on in his life right now. Jack appears to be going through some tough adjustments ever since he made an escape from the "room". I am concerned that Jack may suffer from some type of thought disorder; reasons

being are that he has developed a lot but just not mentally. For example, at five years old a child should be able to walk up and down the stairs without any assistance. However, for Jack, he never seen stairs, so he tends to stop and wait for assistance or he shows that he is overwhelmed with the stairs and little by little take baby steps.
Jack is coming around slowly but surely. Jack is still having difficulties with distinguishing between what is fiction and nonfiction and what is acceptable and what is not. According to Jack's mother, Jack does not seem to have a neurological illness. Jack reports that he doesn't really understand his environment as much. Jack's skin condition and his health in general are in a compromised state, reasons being, we still do not know what Jack is allergic to and therefore any and everything could possibly make him sick or even worse. Check reports that he is down a lot and the way he treats new people makes him feel uncomfortable. Jack is suffering from depression and stress. Sometimes we do not know we are stressed out. For instance, according to Jack, whenever he would get overwhelmed he would reach for his mom's breast, now he stays to himself, sitting in a closet. Sitting in a closet is how Jack used to live his childhood, but since his great escape he now has the opportunity to live with genuinely caring people. Therefore, with the stresses people go through, he could not endurance the process of lashing out at others, neither sucking his thumb nor using aggression to have their way. Jack used to suck his mother’s breast but that changed as soon as they were freed.
Jack is transitioning smoothly through this process, according to Jack; his mother consistently focuses on how she believes he will never adjust to his surroundings as one should.

Jacks mother is concerned that jack will never amend to his new school. She believes that he will be bullied or will become a bully, which will cause harm to him or others.
Moving forward, Jack has a marvelous family foundation. They are in support of him as Jack learns how to accept the new world he now lives in. He now has support from his teachers, mother and grandparents. His stepfather has helped him along the way also. For example, one day Jack’s grandfather stood around and waited for Jack to, on his own, come around to accepting others. he also helped him feel like he is at home and has instilled hope into him.
Jack wishes to become better in life and handle as many situations much better than what he has dealt with in the past. Earlier in the section Jack stated that he runs to the closet because he spent most of his time in the “wardrobe”. Instead of talking to someone he runs away, this is what Jack wants to work on. Jack wants to be able to have friends and be more sociable but because of his life experience he has felt intimidated and afraid of what is to

happen.
According to Jack, we will be using the “systems” theory because what is now as the general systems theory is basically looking at the behavior of the people in the environment and analyzing what keeps Jack stable, in this case. In other words, we would have to review Jack and question ourselves why he is here. Investigating the safety of Jack, the needs of Jack, what support group follows him and for the short term process, what will be appropriate for Jack in today’s society.
I believe Jacks therapeutic alliance will not be compromised and he will get the most out of this session as possible, in order for him to advance in his life endeavors. Jack has a tremendous amount of strength. The strength that Jack has will get him further in life but he has to realize that it does not come from his hair but from his heart. For example, Jack gave his mother his hair while she was in the hospital for her to get strong but if he uses that same mentality with everything else he will do a lot better than the point e is at now.