O. Curtis Family Case Study

The Winchester family, John (44), Mary (43), Dean (17), and Sam (15), have come to therapy to seek help for various issues. John and Mary are on the verge of divorce; Dean is skipping school, fighting, and shoplifting, and Sam has withdrawn completely from the family. The family was ordered to attend therapy after the Military Police (MPs) responded to a call from neighbors after an especially loud verbal altercation between John and Dean, in which John threatened to physically harm Dean if he did not leave the premises. John was order to move into the barracks and Mary is threatening to file for divorce.

His family said in an announcement: "We celebrate in the phenomenal life he was favored to live, and we feel thankful and favored to have been cherished by such an astounding person."

On 02/26/2016 client Gregory Spencer came to the SSO for a House Meeting with HS De La Torre. The purpose of the meeting was to develp a Housing Plan and explore other possible housing opportunities.

In the early years of Mr. Cruz, his father committed suicide in the year of 2007. During that time of his father's passing, he maintained

Today, my family and I are mourning the loss of our beloved sister, Essie Lee Expose Franklin. She was our oldest sister; she was calm, cool, and logical. My father and mother spurned 13 children together. One child died in early infancy and one brother died in a car crash at the tender age of 21 or 22, shortly after he returned from the Vietnam War.

John Jr. has had many traumatic events that have happened in his life. In the year of 1977, when he was only 13 years old, his mother died. Many years later, in June of 2016, his father, John Lord Senior past away. During this hard time of his father’s death, he could

Derek (42) and Vanessa (40) are married however, currently separated with two children Tia (19) and Corey (17). The Everett’s are an African-American middleclass family

Ed McCoy, and his children were referred for counseling after experiencing the death of his wife and the mother of his children (Thomlison, 2016). Ed, now has become a single parent. Although his mother-in-law Grace lives nearby and appears to have a good rapport with his children the responsibility of raising his children alone is now his responsibility. Now, Ed has a multiplicity of emotions as he is also concerned about the health of his daughter inheriting the disorder that caused his wife’s death. After the loss of his wife Ed is in mourning over her, concerned about the health of his daughter long term, and questions himself on how he will parent these children alone (Thomlison, 2016).

The Moore family is a family that is made up of three generations, starting with the grandparents, parents, along with the children. The Moore family also consist of multiple racial groups, such as African American and Caucasian that causes divided within the family because of the cultural differences within each group. The Moore family is made up of Jessica, Caucasian mother, Ed, African American father, Derrick, adopted African American son, Terrence, Jessica’s biological biracial son, and Debbie, Ed’s biological biracial daughter. With the listing of the both husband and wife along with the children, it is clear that this family has encounter a few life transitions, trajectories, cohorts, turning points, and life events. Understanding life course perspective will assist with understanding the family dynamics that are displayed within the Moore family. Life transitions, trajectories, cohorts, turning points, life events, along with other terms will be defined and discussed to fully examine the Moore’s family behavior and life events that guided their family’s development. With all of the issues that the Moore family has encountered both Jessica’s and Ed’s marital problems may be seen as the core of their family’s dysfunction, therefore, this will be explained under the life course perspective.

In 1961 my father Everett Babcock and Lois Menken would marry and 10 months later in October they would give birth to my sister Kelly (1961-present), in April of 1965 I would be born. Although, we had our disagreements throughout our lives I would consider my immediate family as just a basic family there was not any mental illness or abuse. Although, on my father’s side of the family there is a history of suspected alcoholism, and both sides of the family there have been family members who contracted or died from

Lawson family couldn’t afford to happen in the midst of Thacher’s trial with the court that was coming up in a few weeks that would determine if he would spend the rest of his life behind bars.

The stories of family member’s lives are important to document and share over the years. Their stories are a reminder of the history from different time periods. The family members I chose to talk about are people I either admire or wanted to learn more about. Here are their stories.

In L.O.R.D, families are neutral. Neither the father or the mother is charge of one another. At the end of the day, it’s Doodlebob who runs L.O.R.D. It is mandatory to have mostly one kid in the family due to increasing the population. It is also mandatory to live in the same house so they can teach the family the rules of L.O.R.D. If failed to do these rules is having no living quarters and forced to be paroled for 2

The Sanchez family is the typical Latino family that you find in most neighborhoods. The mother Celia Sanchez doesn’t speak English since she’s surrounded by people who speak Spanish. As a Latino mother she’s very religious attends church and participates in church events where she gets food as well. Since Celia’s English is limited this has been an impediment during school conferences and other situations that she has faced. Celia wants to apply for food stamps but her husband Hector doesn’t agree and is completely against it. I kind of understand where Hector is coming from being the man of the house he feels that he needs to provide for his family and thinks he’s responsible for everyone. Thus, he doesn’t leave room for additional help and wants to everything himself.

It is so obvious. It is my family. It is in our blood. After all these years, it can finally be let go,” (Tan, 288)