My colleague presented a case to me involving a man named “Bob”.

The patient “Bob” is an only child that grew up in a religious household. His father was a warm and kind man that worked all the time. Bob only saw his father on the weekends when he was a child due to his father’s work schedule. Bob’s father died about a year ago. Bob’s mother was the disciplinarian and she was very strict. She worked as a janitor initially at his Elementary School and then she became his high school librarian. Bob seems to have a strained relationship with his mother. Bob attended college and studied psychology. He worked as a psych tech for 14 years. Bob seems cooperative at the session and admits to having no medical problems, but drinks occasionally with