he first reason why he was beating Tina’s mom was due to financial complications in the family, but as time progressed the reasons began to change into being just something for him to do to let out his frustrations. Tina’s mom always went back to him in hopes that things would get better.Tina’s mom never thought that the reason why the domestic abuse occurred so irregularly was because he was sexually abusing Tina every night. Tina out of fear that he would either leave her mother or beat her again never felt comfortable talking to her mom about the things he did to her. It was not until she moved away from home that he began to physically abuse her mother again on a more regular basis. Tina’s mom called her for support in dealing 5with this problem, which slowly open up the wounds Tina had been holding inside for many years. Tina’s first attempt to handle these problems in her life was by seeking out an older male companion that would help fill this empty father figure role in her life. What Tina failed to realize was that her immediate actions for solving these problems in her life were similar to how her mom tried to solve the problems in her life. What Tina was basically doing was continuing the cycle of displaced feelings and actions, but it is not her fault that she picked this particular path for dealing with the problems in her life. All Tina was doing is practicing the same behavior she was taught as a child. The behavior she was taught as a child was to allow others to control her feelings, thoughts and actions, because she was not capable of doing it all alone. Tina was taught how to basically rely on others to help solve her problems, as oppose to dealing with these problems on her own terms.6 As a result of all the things that were affecting Tina’s life on a regular basis I felt that personally one theoretical approach was not sufficient enough to accomplish the ultimate goal of helping h...
