Trapped Home Book Report

In this report, I will be summarizing the book, Lying on the Couch by Irvin D. Yalom. I will also be giving my personal opinions on this book and its ethical implications. In addition, I will be giving examples from National Association of Social Workers code of ethics, National Association for Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Counselors, and National Human Services ethics and how they were violated in this story by the characters. I will also touch on the importance of self-care and creating clear boundaries in the helping profession.

Dana meets Alice and her mom. Dana leaves their house and gets caught by a patroller who thinks Dana is Alice’s mother’s runaway sister. The patroller tries to rape Dana when she hits him with a stick and she is sent back to her time. Dana is back with Kevin, but she is unable to tell her story because she is fatigued. Dana wakes up and tells Kevin her story about what happened this time when she left.

The youngest of the three the 19-year-old Eveline is left to take care of her home, siblings, and violent

The boys are living in an apartment at the Henry Horner housing complex with their mother, LaJoe, their younger brother and sisters – the triplets, and a constant stream of people from their father Paul to their sister’s boyfriend’s brother staying on and off with them. Henry Horner is a housing

The reporter stated there was an incident when Mrs. Sterling sent a 15 year old boy that Briana wanted to go to homecoming with text messages about her breast. The reporter also stated there was an incident when Mrs. Sterling dropped Briana off at a party she was not invited to because the host did not want to deal with her mother. The reporter stated Briana knew the owners of the home and she was not injured or harm while attending the party. The reporter stated Mrs. Sterling has been witnessed grabbing Briana’s hair, yelling, screaming, and threatening to hit her with a belt when she doesn’t perform her gymnastic stunts correctly. Ms. Barbay stated Mr. Sterling comes into the home drunk and Mrs. Sterling will call the children in a room when the parents are about to fight; the children have to stand in the room to watch their parents fight. Per the reporter, during the fight, Mrs. Sterling will have the children call their paternal grandparents for help. The reporter stated Mr. Sterling’s father is best friend with a local judge in the town that sweeps the family’s dysfunction under the rug. Ms. Barbay stated Mr. Sterling’s father has stated in the past that neither one of the parents deserve the

While making the report, the reporter seemed to be very hurt, stating she is going to her hurt mother as she has done to her. Pearlie filed a report against Takeyla stating drugs were being used in the home of crack and cocaine, by Takeyla's husbad. Pearlie had Takeyla kids for three days, and will not return them. The reporter contacted DHS and found out there is a caseworker involved, and DHS was going to put her kids in Pearlie's custody on 10-20-15. The reporter stated she wanted to make a report on Pearlie, stating "I’m finna do the same for her". Pearlie would give Ashley money to buy weed, and when Ashley can not get it, Ashley would jump on Pearlie. Marrisa used to smoke weed. The reporter states the household members would abuse her

6.Shanna kidnaps Tracy and forces her to pick up the children from school. Shanna leaves the kids in the car and stabs Tracy numerous times in the Well’s residence. Shanna insists that if Devon contacts the police that his children can possibly be killed.

This scene starts off with Sam conversing with Dana and asks her to teach his younger siblings how to read and write. She then told Sam she needs to get permission from Rufus in order to be able to teach his siblings. Days passes and things were going pretty smooth until an event took place that changes the course of the plan. Rufus decides to sell Sam leaving his sister belligerent toward Dana and calls Dana a whore. She then starts approaching and Dana was now in deep fear of her since she was a field hand and had the strength to give Dana a good beating. Before Sally could lay a hand on Dana, Rufus interferes and orders Sally to continue working. Dana tries convincing Rufus that he was making a vast mistake and he was about to destroy all he had preserves, but Rufus replies by hitting Dana which forces her to stumble backward and fall to the ground. Dana felt betrayed and she walks back to the cookhouse with utter disbelief. When she arrives there, she warms some water and takes it to the attic and was about to attempt a dangerous action. “... washed my knife in anti-septic, and hooked the drawstring of my bag over my shoulder. And in the warm water I cut my wrists.” (239) Dana is not a type of girl that could be predicted easily and almost all her doings her random. She would conquer all barriers that gets in her way to stay

Dr. Sharon Moalem, the author of Survival of the Sickest, provides a fascinating glimpse into the idea that modern human diseases that afflict us actually have a significant role in the selection and the existence of our ancestors. Before reading this book, I was used to thinking of diseases as disorders that adversely affect a person. While this may be the case for most individuals, Moalem explained in his book that that there’s an underlying connection between various diseases and longevity of a species. He explained how these diseases helped fight against more life threatening situations such as the Bubonic Plague, malaria, and the ice age. Most importantly, I learned that evolution did not necessarily favor adaptations that make us better, but those that help us survive, even if these adaptations would kill us in the long run.

R/s Aushia beats on her children, she hits them too hard. R/s Aushia punches the children in their backs. R/s the youngest child, Jeremy “Junior” (2) has a ringworm and the child had the ringworm for over one month and Aushia hasn’t treated the ringworm. R/s Aushia dresses her daughter, Japanee (7) in 12 month size clothes. R/s Aushia receives food stamps but the children beg other people for food. R/s Aushia smokes marijuana around the children and she eats clay. R/s Aushia rides the children in her truck without car seats and she has no insurance on the vehicle. R/s Aushia is moving around from house to house because she was evicted from her apartment. R/s Aushia is staying with her sister, Amy in the Wastonia Complex by the housing authority.

He identifies with this group as they share their experiences in war and have a common group about the issues. Also giving nursing care is Jason Short, a former mechanic. He provides aid in homes for the aged in areas where other medics do not visit due to impassable roads. He, however, labours the terrains and joins the elderly to provide home care to them as well as comfort families who have lost their loved ones in the home. Sister Stephen Bloesl engages both young and the old to care for young animals. She uses this animal rearing as a form of therapy for the aged in the homes. Naomi Cross, however, works in a hospital would be expected of a nurse. She works in the delivery rooms to help women during child labor and caesarean births. The last nurse to be featured is Tonia Faust who helps the prisoners to forget the past and have a peaceful stay while they serve their incarceration

R/s reportedly Kaimiloa (mom) and Christopher (dad) are using drugs. R/s Christopher smokes marijuana in the home around the baby. R/s the police has been out to the home due to Kaimiloa and Christopher arguing. R/s Leilani (3-month-old) always has a diaper rash. R/s Leilani has two bruises on the side of butt & thigh (not a diaper rash).

They say the desert is unforgiving. Especially for those that do not belong there and she definitely did not belong here. Matix confined to a manmade plaster shell in a hospital somewhere in the Chihuahuan desert she had a feeling she was just like a turtle washed too far inland. Just like that turtle who needs the currents of the ocean in order to survive, she needs to use the only moving currents she has left to help her finish what she started. She promised never to use this again but what other choice does she have now, she can’t just lay here and do nothing while others struggle forth to survive. Her brother will be very displeased…

R/s at the end of December, someone told her that Steven and April are pad locking Caleb in his bedroom. R/s two days later her parents were told the exact same thing from another person. R/s last year June, her father observed Caleb with the sores and bruises on his thighs and legs. R/s a friend of the family told her she needs to get Caleb out of Steven and April’s home. R/s Caleb told a family friend he wants to back home with his mother and not with his dad. R/s it is high recommended that Caleb be interviewed alone, away from his dad and April. R/s Caleb is afraid of April. R/s one time during a supervised visits in Dillion Caleb told her April hit him across the head with a spray can. R/s stated that Dillion worker Denise Whittington was presented but still allowed Caleb to go back in the home of Steven and April.

     Alice’s drug addiction drives her along with her family insane. She has to fight a