| Summary: | Dr. David J. Cain continues therapy with a woman who is looking for coping skills to deal with her husband's personality changes and impending divorce. She is having a hard time reconciling that she will have to start over after decades of marriage. She is beginning to realize how alone she will be and is upset that her husband chooses not to work through their problems. She is also upset that she had to break her marriage vows, which is against her spiritual beliefs, and she feels like it is disappointing her children. Dr. Cain emphasizes her need to let those feelings be expressed and to allow herself to feel unhappy and angry. He explains to her that she needs to let herself feel in order to progress. She discusses with Dr. Cain that she feels as if she is losing her oldest son as well, since he is choosing to live with his father. Dr. Cain also discusses with her the realization that she is going to have to allow herself to experience the sorrow and pain in order to model healthy emotional responses for her children. She talks of having had no fun since her husband's illness, and Dr. Cain encourages her to take time for herself and reminds her that self-care enables her to take care of everything else, and that she has a good support network to help her.
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