I.

Background of the Case

The respondent is a 19 years old female and taking up Bachelor of Science in Psychology at
Mindanao State University. She lives in Tambulig, Zamboanga del Sur. When the respondent is
at the oral and anal stage she was on her grandparent’s side because her mom was too focused on
her work and it results longingness of a mother’s love. On her phallic stage, she is already on her
mother’s house but she was not able to felt the love with her parents because her parents are
always fighting, exchanging foul words, and fist and even went to the point where they use tools
like hammer and knife in front of her. Until then, she realized that it’s better to live in her
grandparents’ house but at the end of the day she chose to live in her parents’ house even do she
can’t able to feel the love of her parents she chooses to live there because she wanted to feel the
love of a mother. On her genital stage, she was not on her family side because she was on her
secondary level at the same time the destination of their house can cost three hours away from
her school. By the time goes by, she became independent and learned to keep her feelings and
stand-alone by her problems. Being away with here comfort zone made her forget the family
issues she had. Her parents would call her occasionally making her feel the weight of the world.
Later on, she was able to cope up and when she turned 16, her family got issued of third parties
and it really broke the bond. After the incidents she engaged in bad habits like drinking, skipping
schools, and she lost her confidence and she grew up hatred towards her parents. At the very
moment she engaged the world family to chaos and problem and would never talk about it.
During her journey in school she had lost her four best friends because of misunderstandings.
She also encountered being in relationship at opposite sex to that extend that it portrays darkness
because she was always the problem. She always felt jealous and always want to have the full
attention on her partner and not considering other people.

II. Case Conceptualization

Klein’s theory, assume that the mother-child relationship during the first 4 or 5 months is the
most critical time for personality development. Based on the features of respondent, it was stated
that the developing stages of the respondent particularly her childhood experiences greatly affect
her behavior and personality because during the oral and anal stage she was on her grandparent’s
side because her mom was too focused on her work and it results thirsty of a mother’s love. So,
the respondent’s might be suffering trauma, lack of confidence and she didn’t get sufficient love
and warmth from her both parents especially from her mother because during on her phallic
stage, she was not able to felt the love with her parents because her parents are always fighting,
exchanging foul words, and fist and even went to the point where they use tools like hammer and
knife in front of her. Her self-provide a way of feeling and thinking about herself, partly
conscious and partly unconscious. The self-representation is closely linked with an object
representation, so in the relation with her mom the respondent feels badly about herself. In
relation to someone who is a good object, like being an independent and learned to keep her
feelings and stand-alone by her problems and being away with here comfort zone made her
forget the family issues she had, the respondents’ feels good. The respondents’ tendency
experience herself and others in sharp extremes of good and bad is called splitting. Splitting, a
childhood defense that can continue into adulthood, suggest a trauma during childhood that could
have disorganized inner structures. The traumatic loss of the respondents’ natural mother could
indeed have caused enough disorganization and lack of integrations within the respondents so
that she was able to experience rapid mood swings and intense feelings.

III. Assessment Goals and Plans

The case of respondent’s the best way to make her recover are to undergo a treatment because
her feelings and ways relating, like different ego states or sub selves, would be experienced as
unexplained mood shifts and a sense of fragmentation or coming apart. Also, the parents of the
respondent must be her side during the time that their daughter are undergoing to solve and treat
herself. In the case of respondent’s, we can also use the object relation therapy because one of
the influence of this therapy it can helps the individual identity and address deficit in their
interpersonal functioning and explore ways that the relationship can be improved.

IV. Discussion/Summary/Synthesis

I’ve realized that being a parents are not easy because there is a lot of responsible that you need
to carry out. Being a parents is not joke and it is not a game whereas anytime you can able to say
no for those problems, and responsible. The parents of the respondents are not able to carry out
their responsible for their daughter to that extend that she can able to do such things due to lack
of guidance of a parents. One of the major role of a parents is how will they going to guide their
child cause if what you teach to your child is what will be his outcome.

References:

St. Claire, M. (1996). Object Relations and Self Psychology: An Introduction (2nd Edition).
Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.