Glass Castle

• Identify the members of the family and their primary support network.
• Provide a general assessment of the family, including their history, economic status, cultural characteristics, religious practices, communication patterns, structure, roles, strengths, and vulnerabilities.
• Describe the characteristics of the community and describe the family within the context of their community.
• Analyze the impact of trauma on the family as a whole. Identify key turning points that had particular meaning and affected them during the experience.
• Discuss how you would feel working with this individual and how you would begin to engage them in therapy.

• Describe how you would work with the individual and family to achieve these goals. Take into account the cultural, ethnic and religious characteristics of the family.
• The clinical options and judgments in this paper should be supported by recent literature and should include a minimum of six peer-reviewed references.
• Conclude this project by discussing your emotional reactions to the case, how you feel about the experience of this family. You should write this portion in the first person, and indicate any particular aspects of the case that might be emotionally difficult for you and explain why.