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This 3 page paper discusses the case of Betty S., and a therapist's possible reaction to her personally and to her situation. It argues that despite the fact that the initial reaction could well be one of disgust, the therapist must pull away from making any sort of judgment if he is to engage in effective intervention.
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etc., offend the therapist personally. This paper summarizes material about a case study of just such a relationship, and an honest response to it. Discussion In the case study, the
client, Betty S., is overweight, has had three illegitimate children by three different men, remains unmarried, and lives with an unsympathetic aunt who has relegated her to a room in
the garage where she spends most of her time sleeping. Her "apartment" is filthy, and when the social worker first sees her, she is still in bed, lying on sheets
that are grey with dirt. There is so much clutter in the place that the social worker has to move things in order to find a place to sit down.
The immediate reaction of a reader to this description is likely to be one of distaste, dislike and perhaps even outright disgust. Its all too easy to imagine the
stench of the womans unwashed body, the grimy sheets, the dirty dishes and spilled food, and the infestation of bugs and rodents that is likely to follow. The social worker
would be hard pressed not to take an immediate dislike to the woman, followed by an almost uncontrollable impulse to dunk her into a tub of bleach and take a
scrub brush to her, then hose down the apartment. People with poor personal hygiene, not to put to fine a point on it, stink; human body odor is extremely offensive
and can literally be sickening. The first task for the social worker then is to overcome revulsion for the womans physical situation and that is going to be difficult. The
next task is to help Betty to realize the dangers of living as she does, particularly as she has a young child. Clutter and trash are more than unsightly, they
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