Session History of David

David’s father, aged 93 was living in a nursing home in Australia who passed away during last stages of therapy. David noticed his father was emotionally cold and distant. David describes that Malcolm was also following tough routine and have money mind without emotional children with children. He would never override his wife and he was not physically abusive to children but would often raise his voice when Julie was feeling irritated.

Mother of David

Julie had no mental illness, but she saw a psychiatrist, and she also hates David for unknown reasons. She was nasty woman who would always criticize David in every manner. She was showing favoritism to peter and like to criticize David.

Brother of David

According to David, Peter was always a favorite son even he was slow in early development and suffering from tongue tie which affected his speech and language development. Furthermore, he was not sharp, active and smart kid at school. Both brothers were never bonded closely. However, they offer help to each other when they need. Peter became property dealer like his father and married having two children and was living in Western Australia. Peter becomes depression patient, then David contacts him more often.

Personal History of David

Early Development of David

David was born healthy with normal delivery, and his development was normal. He considered himself a smart child at school. There is no evidence of major health concerns like sexual trauma or physical abuse in development years.

Childhood of David

His childhood was not good. He thinks that his mother always criticizes him and goes out to annoy him even when he was three years. At age five she bought bicycle for peter for Christmas who was younger. He collected some parts of bicycle and assembled to make bicycle with the help of neighbor.

School years and early Adulthood and Relationship

He didn’t identify any issues with making friends in school, but he was introvert. He always missed the emotional warmth of his parents. David’s parents never showed more interest in school activities and took no interest in education. During school, he was good at athletics and competed for marathons. He has been regular runner during teenage years and completed school well.

He was introvert, but he was some friends from his neighborhood with whom he played regularly. Margaret was also a friend from his neighborhood and was two years younger than him. They affectionate with each other. Some disturbances also occurred, but they later married. He started working as shop-assistant after school.

Marriage of David

In his early twenties, he left his home when he got financially stable and married to Margaret at the age of 24. He was very supportive of Margaret when they got no baby. David always relied on Margaret to manage family finances while he was involved in stock-taking and overall management. While David was managing the business, Margret was looking after two daughters. Margaret would come and spend time at the shop with the two young daughters to helping out David.

Divorce of David

His marriage with Julie* lasted 10 years until she left him and three daughters. According to David, Julie had become heavily dependent on alcohol, and she was having affairs with random men. With time Julie’s situation became worse, and she became a problem for the whole family. The situation was crucial, and later they got divorced.