Discussion 1

Initial discussion—10/18/18

TV Show: For the purpose of this project, I have chosen to analyze Greys Anatomy. For this

project I have chosen to use Dr. Callie Torres as my subject. This episode is more towards the

middle of the series—thus far— it is in season 7, episode 20 when Callie and Arizona finally get

married. Leading up to the marriage Callie’s parents were not supportive of her choice to marry a

woman. Her father became accepting of the choice, while her mother did not. It took much

longer for her mother to be on board with the marriage.

Theory: For this assignment, I have chosen to use the Acceptance and Commitment theory.

“ACT is used when people need to learn to stop avoiding, denying or struggling with their inner

emotions;” much like Callie’s mother would have had to do in order to become accepting of the

marriage of her daughter (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, n.d).

Scene

Therapist: Hi Doctor, what brings you in today?

Callie: I am about to marry my fiancée and my mother is not in agreement with my marriage

because she thinks that marriage is between man and woman, I will be marrying a woman.

Therapist: How does her disapproval make you feel about your marriage?

Callie: It makes me feel as if she doesn’t love me, as if my feelings do not matter to her.

Therapist: Tell me, did you and your mother have a good relationship before this happened?

Callie: Yes and no, it’s been rocky since my divorce—she does not believe in divorce either.

Therapist: Can you describe this more in detail?

Callie: Growing up we had a wonderful relationship, she was highly supportive of my life,

choices and even encouraged me to be who I am today as a doctor. After my divorce things

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became rough with our relationship, she stopped supporting me and started fighting against all of

my choices.

Therapist: Tell me about your relationship with your father?

Callie: My relationship with my father is much better than with my mother. After my divorce w

went through some struggles but were able to work through it and talk to each other. When I got

engaged to my fiancée he was hesitant at first, but slowly came around to the idea of have a

daughter-in-law.

Therapist: How does your significant other feel about the situation?

Callie: She feels nervous about entering a family that is not fully welcoming of her.

Therapist: The two of you have a child together, how do you think this conflict could affect

your child’s relationship with you, as well as with your parents?

Callie: I hope that this will not have a negative effect on her or her life. I hope that by the time

she is old enough to understand that all of the feelings will be dissipated and my family will now

be accepting of my wife.

Therapist: I hear that you are hoping to work things out with your family, maybe next session

we could invite them in to discuss their feelings as well.

Callie: I think that may be a great idea. I would really enjoy that.

Reference

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/acceptance-and-commitment-therapy

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Response 1—Kim Frazier 10/18/18

Kim,

I love the movie that you picked to do your post over. PTSD is something that so much more

research needs to be done in. I really enjoyed that you put in the things to avoid doing when

working with patients that have PTSD. Your approach of using the Person-centered approach fits

this setting so well.

Response 2 –Gilbert Hernandez- 10/19/18

Gilbert,

I think that the theory you chose, as well as the situation with the client was perfectly fitting. As

you said, anxiety is a major occurrence now days and as well as in this movie. The fact that your

client had to pick up the work that his father had been doing on top of the work he was already

doing is hard, it doubled his load. His anxiety about the new love, and workload is totally

understandable. Affirmation like you said is often what we need to feel wanted, needed, fitting or

loved in this world

Response 3—Dejernal Adams 10/20/18

Dejernel,

I thoroughly enjoyed your post about the series 13 Reasons Why. I love the way that you

connected the person-centered approach to this situation with Alex. The positive regard and

empathy will often go a long way when working with clients who have made suicide attempts, or

threats. I also enjoyed the way that you were able to point out what shouldn’t be done, or said in

order to help you better understand your client.

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