Adjusting to New Environment - Case Study Example

Key feelings/emotions: sadness, loneliness, hopelessness, griefEmpathic highlight: You feel lonely and useless since you have been used to a busy life and now you are emotionally and physically separated from your loved ones. You feel that you need to do something that would give you meaning or worth.3. Key experiences: experiencing sexual discrimination from office mates and boss, rejected and shown indifference by co-workersKey behaviors: trying to fight for what she believes is right by voicing out her opinion, trying to get sympathy from her boss through a proper venueKey feelings: disappointment, confused, alienationEmpathic highlight: You feel helpless and rejected since your efforts to clear up an issue have been met by indifference and coldness.

You try to find ways to resolve the issue on your own.4. Key experiences: a middle-aged man still being controlled by his mother using emotional blackmailKey behaviors: He is finding ways to stand up against his motherKey feelings: anger, frustration, contempt, shameEmpathic highlight: You feel ashamed that until this stage of your life your controlling invalid mother can still find ways to make you guilty. You want to find ways how you can finally put this to an end without hurting her.5. Key experiences: being confused in a love relationship that seems superficial and has no depthKey behaviors: She would want the relationship to become more meaningful by trying to express her thoughts and learn more things about her partnerKey feelings: confusion, eagerness, longingEmpathic highlight: You feel that the current relationship that you have lacks depth and you want to know if your partner really cares for you.

Now, you want to have a meaningful dialogue so you can discern whether this relationship is for real.6. Key experiences: being abandoned by wife with no idea at all why it was done to himKey behaviors: trying to solve the puzzle by rationalizing why his wife left her, putting the blame on himself and see if he can do something about the situationKey feelings: guilt, rejection, sorrowEmpathic highlight: You feel rejected by your wife who left without telling you the real reason. You feel ashamed and guilty thinking that you have done something to displease her.

Now, you would want to find ways how to get her back.