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Introduction Stella Oscar

STELLA'S CASE STUDY

Stella is a 38 year old biracial (African American and Native American) woman who has just been assigned to you as a client. You are currently working as a counselor for your county community mental health agency. You received the following information about her as background and history.

Stella is the only child of a Caucasian couple who are now deceased. She was adopted as an infant in a closed adoption, so that none of her birth parents' records are available. The only informal information that Stella remembers her parents telling her is that her mother was 16 years old at the time of Stella's birth and had been raped while at a high school football game.

Stella currently lives in a small city of 150,000 people where she is employed as a book-keeper for the local meat packing plant. She has worked there for 3 years. Her educational background includes an associate's degree in accounting and continuing education in tax preparation. Before working for this plant, she was employed as a tax preparer for a national company. She enjoys her work, saying that numbers are easier to get along with than people.

She has been married to her husband (Doug) for 18 years and has a 16 year old son (Tyrone), who is currently a junior in high school. Her son plays baseball on the school team and is a solid B student. Her husband is a long distance truck driver. He is often away from home for two weeks at a time. He is then at home for 3 to 4 days before he leaves on another trip. Stella reports that she stays at home and feels "blue" when her husband is on the road. Although there have been some problems in the marriage due to Stella's mental health concerns, the couple seems committed to each other and to staying in the marriage.

Stella reported that her problems began when she was in late adolescence. She started sleeping and eating excessively. She missed several

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