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Cog Beh Therapy
With respect to the businessman who comes to see the therapist about the problems in his marriage, there are two issues immediately apparent from the brief case history. The first is the man's unwillingness to accept any responsibility for the success of the relationship. He is immediately defensive, blaming his wife for all their problems. He claims that she is hypercritical and that she is "probably" suffering from PMS. Without getting the wife's side of the story, it is impossible to know the extent of her complaints against her husband, the degree to which she feels they need help, and the amount of effort she is willing to expend -- and has already expended -- to put the marriage back on track, if that is in fact what she wants. It is unlikely she has had a formal diagnosis of PMS. Used in this context, "PMS" is a misogynist's way of dismissing a woman's feelings as frivolous.
The second issue is the man's drinking. He denies he is an alcoholic because he does not fit the profile he has created in his own mind based on experiences with his own father and his wife's father. People under the influence...
The man is able to talk his way out of a DUI arrest, thanks to an attorney. His ability to do this exacerbates his feelings of denial and invincibility. He can tell himself that the breathalyzer readings were false and he was, therefore, not drunk. With this "proof" that he does not have a drinking problem, he can continue to blame the problems of the marriage solely on his wife.
According to the Mayo Clinic, alcoholism is a chronic and progressive disease in which individuals continue to use alcohol even when it causes problems. "It's possible to have a problem with alcohol, even when it has not progressed to the point of alcoholism. Problem drinking means you drink too much at times, causing repeated problems in your life, although you're not completely dependent on alcohol" ("Alcoholism: Definition," 2012). The man certainly appears to fit the definition, at the very least, of a problem drinker.
For the purpose of this paper, it will be assumed that…
References
"Alcoholism: Definition." (2012). Mayo Clinic. Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.com
/health/alcoholism/DS00340
Hodge, D.R. (2011). Alcohol treatment and cognitive-behavioral therapy. Social Work 56(1),
pp. 21-31.
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