| Facing Both Sides of the Problem: Rehabilitating the Rapist | | | Tamara S. RogersLiberty University PACO 625 B01 Healthy SexualityDr. John Thomas | 01/292015 |

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Part I: Focus of Case Study Rape is such a heinous crime that lingers in the psyche of the victim long after the physical evidence is gone that it is no wondering why much attention is focused on the healing and resilience of the victim. The most attention the offender receives in a mug shot in the media and news of their court date, verdict, and sentencing aired. This is only facing half of this world wide atrocity. This case study will focus on a male that has been convicted of the rape felony and the counseling approach used to hopefully help him identify the causes of his behavior and transform his way of thinking, coping, and behavior towards the opposite sex so that he can move forward in life as a positive, well-functioning citizen.
The history of Ned. Ned is a 20 year old college student of the University of Georgia. He was born to a single mother who was an alcoholic prostitute and an unknown father. Often times, Ned was left alone to fend for himself. Beginning at 13, though he lived in poverty Ned was referred to by his teachers as intellectually gifted and a star athlete by coaches. Being a handsome young man, when money became scarce, his mother began to sell him to the highest female bidder. Ned was forced to commit lewd sexually acts for women patrons; some being over half his age. Being able to keep some of his earnings to buy adequate school clothing and play sports, Ned, as many sexually abused persons learn to do, begin to dissociate his mind from each traumatic experience. This abuse continued until Ned was granted a full scholarship into the University of Georgia and left home at 17 years of age. He continues to communicate with his mother, but fabricates stories concerning his mother and childhood to friends and professors as to what he wishes his mother and childhood were like. Ned is unable to recall “normal” experiences with his mother, and though he has always, according to those who thought they knew him, seemed to genuinely love his mom, when confronted with their true story a hidden anger and resent arise.
The nature of Ned’s crimes. Ned admitted knowing and having a platonic relationship with each female. He knew more about their personal lives than each victim knew. Neither female had reason to fear Ned or believe he was capable of such horrific behavior until the moment the rape took place. Ned is described by each victim as becoming someone significantly different than who he was known to be. The crimes were violent with each victim being beaten severely, though not fatally, and enduring rough sexually assaults. Two of the victims reported believing that Ned was crying and murmuring statements such as, “I love you” and “I’m sorry”. Ned did not resist arrest, though he did elude the law enforcement for quite some time. He admitted to his guilt in committing the rapes and only asked to see his mother one last time before he was imprisoned. At this time, Ned has been diagnosed with suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and as being Bipolar. His medical file also suggests that the guilt of his crimes increase his depression. Law enforcement report that while interrogating Ned, he insists that all the victims were friends, and he did not understand what would cause them to say awful things about him. Upon seeing pictures of his crime, Ned was said to have broken down in tears and asking what happened; not seeming to remember the sequence of events. His lawyer and arresting law enforcement report Ned as asking, “Why am I this monster?” Ned has asked, on a continuous basis, for someone to help him “get better”. The judge in this case has ordered that Ned receive psychotherapy within the prison setting after undergoing a psychiatric evaluation.
Part II: Theoretical Conceptualization & the Counseling Approach