Noel's Case: Conflictual Relationship Patterns

Noel’s case is certainly sad and unfortunate. There are a number of conflictual relationship patterns within his family of origin. His case is quite similar to a young teenager who was residing in the homeless shelter where I completed my first field placement. His father was also incarcerated, and he craved the attention of his mother. She always seemed to be focused on her two younger children, who were also his half-siblings. I remember one Saturday morning walking downstairs to find him distraught and crying. I asked him what was wrong, and he refused talk to me. I let him know that I was going to go back upstairs to my office and he was welcome to come up if he changed his mind and wanted to talk. About 20 minutes later, he came in into