© 2015 Laureate Education, Inc. Page 1 of 2 Week 6 Case Studies Please select one of the following case studies to support your main Discussion post 1 this week. John John is a 38-year-old male of Euro-American heritage. He has never been married, and he has one brother whom he rarely sees. John is a long-distance truck driver, and he spends the vast majority of his time living out of his vehicle driving across the country. He has a place he calls “home,” but he spends only about a week there every few months. As a result, John has few close friends and no significant romantic relationship in his life. John has also alienated several family members and close friends from whom he has borrowed substantial amounts of money that he has not paid back. John was referred by his employer’s EAP following an issue while at work. John had lied about his time log and location, as he had stopped to gamble at a casino in Mississippi during a cross-country run. He was put on probation for this infraction, and ordered to seek counseling services. Though John denies having a “gambling problem,” he admits that he does enjoy gambling and engages in both in-person and online gaming whenever he has an opportunity. John also admits that he has lost a lot of money to gambling, though rationalizes this with “at least I was having fun.” He also notes that his gambling has cost him past relationships and prevented him from reaching financial goals such as home ownership and retirement planning. John shares that “it would be different if I was married or something. It’s just me, so who cares if this is how I spend my money?” Donna Donna is a 40-year-old transgender female of Korean American heritage. She is the manager of a popular local restaurant and club, and is well respected at her job. She has come to counseling at the insistence of her boyfriend, who has expressed worry over her increasing drug use. Donna also admits that she and her boyfriend have been fighting a lot lately, and she is worried he might be cheating on her. In fact, she admits that a recent altercation became physical, although she blames it on her “temporary meth rage.” Donna shares very openly about her use of methamphetamine, although she insists that she has it “under control.” She states that in her 20s, she used a lot of recreational drugs, but for a number of years after remained completely abstinent. She claims she currently uses meth “just every now and then” because she likes the rush and energy it gives her. She minimizes its role in the altercation with her boyfriend, stating that she had used a little too much that day but “that never happens.” While Donna tends to minimize the role and significance of her drug use, she states, “Maybe I could use a little help getting my temper under control.” © 2015 Laureate Education, Inc. Page 2 of 2 Maurice Maurice is a 25-year-old male of African American heritage. He has bee.

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Week 6 Case Studies
Please select one of the following case studies to support your
main Discussion
post 1 this week.
John
John is a 38-year-old male of Euro-American heritage. He has
never been married, and
he has one brother whom he rarely sees. John is a long-distance
truck driver, and he
spends the vast majority of his time living out of his vehicle
driving across the country.
He has a place he calls “home,” but he spends only about a
week there every few
months. As a result, John has few close friends and no
significant romantic relationship
in his life. John has also alienated several family members and
close friends from whom
he has borrowed substantial amounts of money that he has not
paid back.
John was referred by his employer’s EAP following an issue
while at work. John had
lied about his time log and location, as he had stopped to
gamble at a casino in
Mississippi during a cross-country run. He was put on probation

2. for this infraction, and
ordered to seek counseling services. Though John denies having
a “gambling problem,”
he admits that he does enjoy gambling and engages in both in-
person and online
gaming whenever he has an opportunity. John also admits that
he has lost a lot of
money to gambling, though rationalizes this with “at least I was
having fun.” He also
notes that his gambling has cost him past relationships and
prevented him from
reaching financial goals such as home ownership and retirement
planning. John shares
that “it would be different if I was married or something. It’s
just me, so who cares if this
is how I spend my money?”
Donna
Donna is a 40-year-old transgender female of Korean American
heritage. She is the
manager of a popular local restaurant and club, and is well
respected at her job. She
has come to counseling at the insistence of her boyfriend, who
has expressed worry
over her increasing drug use. Donna also admits that she and
her boyfriend have been
fighting a lot lately, and she is worried he might be cheating on
her. In fact, she admits
that a recent altercation became physical, although she blames it
on her “temporary
meth rage.”
Donna shares very openly about her use of methamphetamine,
although she insists that
she has it “under control.” She states that in her 20s, she used a

3. lot of recreational
drugs, but for a number of years after remained completely
abstinent. She claims she
currently uses meth “just every now and then” because she likes
the rush and energy it
gives her. She minimizes its role in the altercation with her
boyfriend, stating that she
had used a little too much that day but “that never happens.”
While Donna tends to
minimize the role and significance of her drug use, she states,
“Maybe I could use a
little help getting my temper under control.”
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Maurice
Maurice is a 25-year-old male of African American heritage. He
has been referred to
outpatient treatment following a 30-day residential stay for
heroin addiction. This was
Maurice’s third inpatient treatment for heroin addiction since he
was 18 years old.
Maurice currently lives with two roommates who work at
Maurice’s former place of
employment, an outpatient drug counseling agency. Maurice
reports that he used to be
good friends with his roommates, but they have since distanced
themselves from him
since his most recent relapse.
Maurice was born and raised in the area, and both his parents
and siblings live nearby.

4. He has two older brothers who are quite successful, and
Maurice often compares
himself to them in negative terms. He refers to himself as “the
black sheep of the family”
and states that even as an adult, his greatest fear is
disappointing his parents again. In
past treatment episodes, his parents and brothers have
participated in family sessions,
but Maurice doubts they will be willing to do that at this point.
He notes that only his
mother came to seen him in residential during his last treatment,
and he worries that the
rest of the family “has had it” with him. He does, however,
express to you that he is
determined to succeed this time and won’t let anything stand in
his way.
Shanelle
Shanelle is a 50-year-old female of African American heritage
who works as a
receptionist in a medical practice. She has been court-ordered to
counseling following a
driving under the influence (DUI) charge. She had a blood
alcohol level of .18 at the
time of her arrest, but insists she was “fine to drive” and that
she’d had “only a couple
drinks.” Shanelle also denies her need for counseling, insisting,
“If I were rich and white,
I wouldn’t be here.”
Shanelle has had two previous legal problems involving alcohol
use. The first was at
age 42, and occurred shortly after she and her husband
divorced. Shanelle had started
going out to bars and clubs more often, at the insistence of

5. family and friends who were
worried she was too lonely now that she was living alone.
Shanelle had gotten into a
fight with another female patron at a bar, and the altercation
had become physical.
Shanelle was arrested for assault and public intoxication,
although charges were
eventually dropped. She did, however, lose her job as an
administrative assistant in a
high-profile law firm—although she insists her arrest had
nothing to do with being fired.
The second legal issue she had was another DUI charge while
on vacation in Florida
with her family. Shanelle admits that she “probably should not
have driven home that
night” but adds that out of everyone who was out that night, she
was the “least drunk”
so had to provide the transportation back to the hotel.
Shanelle reports that although she does drink 4–5 drinks every
day, she “isn’t a real
addict” because she doesn’t “need” the alcohol. She states that
she simply enjoys
having a couple drinks in the evening and that doing so helps
her relax.
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