Scenarios for final

You are obsessed with Oprah Winfrey.  You want to dress like her, act like her; you have to watch her show live everyday at 4:00 p.m. no matter what else is going on and you will also videotape it to replay later.  You feel like she is the wisest woman in the world and you cannot cope without her guidance and wisdom in your life.  You have written her several letters but she has not replied.

You have two children, ages 7 and 9 and you feel like that is more than you can handle.  Your husband is not around much to help and you work part time and when you are with the kids, you are tired and irritable.  Some days you just want to hide under the covers and not get up.

You are a human services student with a video final exam in an interviewing class and you are extremely nervous about it.  You have come to see a counselor because you are really afraid of not doing well.  You have had nightmares about the exam and it is all you think about all the time.  You have done fine in the class so far but you can’t stop this irrational fear that you will just freeze and forget everything.

You are an animal lover and always bringing stray animals home.  You already have three cats, two dogs, a goat and a lizard at home.  Your husband has threatened to leave if you bring any more animals into the house but you feel like you cannot turn any animal away.  You just found a young dog outside and you snuck it into the shed in the back of your house, without telling your husband.  You think your husband is jealous of all the attention you pay to the animals.

You and your husband are living with your mother-in-law.  Your husband lost his job and you have a low paying job and you cannot afford a place of your own.  Your husband is supposed to be looking for a job but instead he and his mother place bridge and watch soap operas together each day.  You get along okay with your mother in law but you think she is lonely and encouraging your husband to not look for work so the two of you will stay at home.  You want to move out to have your own place and some privacy but your husband brushes this off when you try to talk with him.  You are increasingly frustrated with the whole situation; you just want some private time with your husband.

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 do not need the items you are taking, and usually end up throwing them away or giving them to someone else.

You have been married for twelve years and thought you were very happy in your marriage.  However, you have started having fantasies about your same sex neighbor.  You find these fantasies disturbing and also are worried that you will act on them as your feelings of attraction keep growing.