Scenarios for Midterm:

You and your husband are having some hard times financially and you have moved in with your mother-in-law.  You feel like your mother-in-law is always criticizing you and you can’t seem to get along with her but you don’t feel like you have any other options at this time other than to stay there.

You feel like you and you fourteen year old son (or daughter) have become strangers.  You used to have a good relationship with him (or her) but now he (or she) is uncommunicative, moody and always telling you to leave him (or her) alone.  You want to improve your relationship with your son (or daughter).

Your boss has sent you to see someone because she feels you have a poor attitude towards work but that you do a good job.  She feels like you are creating problems at work because you put down other employees work and yet brag about your own work.  Your boss wants you to work on getting along better with others at the workplace.

You recently found yourself shoplifting.  You are concerned because you are taking bigger and more expensive items now and you are afraid of getting caught but you have no idea how to stop yourself from doing this.

You don’t like your neighbor.  You used to get along with her but now all the two of you do is complain about each other.  You called the police and told them the neighbor’s dog was barking too much.  She, in turn, called the police and told them you were growing marijuana in the house (you are not).  The police told both you and the neighbor that you needed to get some help, or they would arrest both of you for disturbing the peace.

You have returned to school after many years working.  You are studying business and enjoying the classes but often feel lonely as you are older than most of the other students and you seem to have a different perspective. It has become so uncomfortable that you are thinking about dropping out, but you don’t want to do that.

You and your family are sharing your house with your brother and his family, since they lost their house.  Your brother and his wife are both working and you baby-sit their two children, ages seven and nine, after school.  You feel like the two children are acting out and need a lot more discipline but your brother and his wife disagree.  You are trying to decide if you should make your brother and his wife leave; you feel like it has really begun to affect you and your two teenage children.

You have started taking classes after a few years out of high school.  You are also working full-time.  You feel school is important but you are having difficulty getting to classes and completing your homework.