Charles Muley, A Therapist's journal Page #6

Synopsis: This is a story about a hated psychotherapist named Charles Muley. The character writes his own journal then puts it into a novel if he isn't hired into his second job. You can categorize this as a contemporary genre. It dives into his various clients in his work. Different aspects of mental health, relationships, emotions, crime, and love. Mostly about mental health. He sees the hated geared toward him but doesn't take it personally.
Genre: Drama
Original Story by: Ian Rodrigo Carrillo Castro
Year:
2023
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INT:
DININGROOM; AFTERNOON

That afternoon, sitting in the diner room, eating, I pulled my palms into my face.

CHARLES (V.O)

God, forgive her, I should've done better. She doesn't know the cost of her actions.

INT:
CHARLES THERAPY LOUNGE. FRECKLED KIDS' SESSION

CHARLES:

"How did the time interval training work?"

The tween's MOTHER explains, "If I tell him to do anything, he melts down. Whether it's getting him to do his homework sitting down or staying still during dinner."

She brings a 40 by 30-inch whiteboard displaying the chart with all the data. She points at various blocks while she elucidates.

MOTHER:

"126 to get ice cream, 60 for chips to play the PS4 for 2 hours, 42 chips for PS4 for 45 minutes, 20 chips for favorite big toy Hot toy 1/6 scale 12 in tall, 140 chips for a hangout day. 10 chips reward for finishing homework 14 to go outside. 180 for TV."

CHARLES:

"Keep reinforcing, time will tell," I reassured. "In another column, write how many times in his normal environment he speaks and acts out. Reçord the day and hour. I see here you have one column for p activities and the other adjacent are the tokens. On the fourth column, note how the antecedent plays out. "

CHARLES:

"It all makes sense to do. What do you mean by antecedent?"

MOTHER:

"That is the event that provokes the misbehavior. "

INT:
CUT TO ELECTRICAL STORE. CHARLES is contemplating what to buy as reinforcers for the freckled kid.

CHARLES makes a decition.

I buy a portable PlayStation, Lays potato chips, and flashcards of everyday items.

INT:
BACK TO THE FRECKLED KID'S SESSION. INT: THE WAITING ROOM. where, the freckled kid plays with an abacus and bread maze toy.

I sit with the 13 yr old kid. I set out the differential items in a table and allow him to grasp what he wishes. Each object is spaced out. He says in the waiting hall as I converse with his parents in the session lounge.

CHARLES:

"The point of this is to set reinforcers and gain the child's trust. Later in the reinforcers will be paired with an adult, but that will take some time. "

After those groups of meetings, I returned to the supermarket to buy a leather toolbox belt for $26.14. Here, I will place all the toys and goods that are the child's valuables into the belt's pockets. The point is to have an adult be the deliverer of things with happiness as a connotation.

INT:
CHARLES' THERAPY LOUNGE. ROBERT'S SESSION.

CHARLES:

“How many times have we done this?”

ROBERT:

“What do you mean?”

CHARLES:

“Just tell me how does your story end? What was so traumatic that you are so restrained from telling me. I’m your psychotherapist. You can trust me. You can tell me. I signed a confidentiality agreement and you signed a document about several regulations to how these sessions will proceed.” I start getting anxious.

ROBERT:

He looks at me, he looks away. “Fine,” He finally says.

ROBERT CONT.

“Fine, okay, alright, alright, alright, I’ll tell you. Almost seventy neighbors heard cries for help. Screams. Nobody cared. No one did anything.”

CHARLES:

“Just tell me, what happened.”

ROBERT:

“Not one person decided to care or call the police. Detroit Police Department; DPD.”

CHARLES:

“I’m trying to help you, you're not going to grow if you don't tell someone. Stop bottling up your past and your anguish.”

ROBERT:

“That's just how people are in Detroit. That's how they are. People have dangerous, unconscionable, treacherous personalities. Your chances of being a victim of violent crime in Detroit is 1 in 51 and property crime is 1 in 23. I’ve seen statistics. The people of Detroit were handed responsibility to their community. They decided to throw away that responsibility. The city is on edge. There are inhumane, dark, tough, and painful places in the world. Detroit's one of them. 964 women in the gloomy streets of strife. All raped. 670,000 people live in Detroit. 964 raped without a second thought about it. The city is in flames.”

CHARLES:

“So, you witnessed one of these 964 women being raped outside your apartment building when you were sixteen. Now you've come here to confess about it. All these years and you never called the police department?

ROBERT:

“The police can’t keep up. I'm just glad I got that off my chest. Everyone has their times of loneliness. Everyone has experienced great loss at times.”

CHARLES:

“Took the word right out of my mouth. I’m glad we could come to a conclusion on this.” We stand up and shake palms. I internalize: Not every client is this easy to treat with their mental-emotional struggles. It seems to me he is an extremely lonely guy. He just needed someone to talk to. That simple. I almost don’t believe it.

END OF 3RD CYCLE OF SESSIONS. START OF 4RTH CYCLE OF SESSIONS. INT: CHARLES' THERAPY LOUNGE. ARMANDO'S SESSION

Armando sits with his two biceps squished in his knees. His left hand in the index and middle finger in a familiar sensation of cushioning a cigarette bud.

ARMANDO:

"Naw, I dunno. I misser so much, man."

CHARLES:

"Well, I know it's hard to stop thinking about her, so what are your hobbies?"

ARMANDO:

"The swishing f*** tha gotta do wit?”

CHARLES:

"What do you do to keep yourself occupied? "

ARMANDO:

"Hang out with da pals, smoke weed."

CHARLES:

"What else?”

ARMANDO:

"Gotta's some skateboarding friends dun town.”

CHARLES:

"Hang out and enunciate your thoughts.”

ARMANDO blows a raspberry, then adds,

"They-uh naw talk bout they feel-wings, dowg."

CHARLES:

"Then just focus on their conversation topics."

INT:
THE FRECKLED KID'S PARENTS IN THE LIVING ROOM.

We let the child play for two months.

FATHER asks, frustrated,

"How the hell is my son going to face and live properly in real life if all he does is play all day?!"

MOTHER:

"It's what the therapists said. Don't scream at me."

FATHER:

"Boy, you come here and give your mom a kiss."

To the mother's surprise, her husband did not become aggressive during the request.

They watch their son make a face and push wing chairs, tables, and a couch out of his walkway to retreat to his room full of accommodaties.

INT:
CHARLES offering the freckled kid treats.

I bring a tray of cookies, a glass of lactose-free milk, and a puzzle board. This puzzle board is a tiger-molded sculpture broken into four pieces by four pieces. The player's detective is to set the forms together so the lines of each mold will successfully create the figure.

I leave him to it. Now to record if he reacts to presence, I calmly pick up the puzzle and begin the process of trial and error. The child sits in a self-mindful position where his upper body is slouched, trying to protect himself from what is outside his bubble.

Snout to the nose, eyes to head, tail to read end, pass to stubby arms, and torso as the centerpiece. I finish sorting and lay it supine on the desk. The figure is a sacred tiger growling at his competition as his tail wags in the enjoyment of acting dominant.

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Ian R. Carrillo Castro 28 October 2020 Short Bibliography If I were to write a paper about my life? What would I write? Well, this is what I would write. I am a leader, I am hardworking, and I am willing to set goals and use a creative strategy to solve it. I am a student because my parents believe it is smart to lead your kid off to a bright future. English class is always fun when doing essays because I have gotten the knack of writing them and narratives. Narratives can also be creative. Ever since I can remember, I’ve always been creative. I played with legos as a kid. Regularly I would buy ones from the merchandise of a movie. Even though they did not look as perfect as the scene on the screen, I would mix them with other pieces to be more accurate. Also, I ditched the instructions and I would figure out how to construct them on my own and see where I messed up. I built my own Batcave, suits, guns, avengers tower, and so on. I used my imagination to fit my interests instead of blatantly regurgitating what was asked of me. The important aspect was that I would create my own set, and not follow the rules. Nowadays, I am still creative. I am constantly having fun doing something creative, the only problem is I run out of creativity. In the meantime this would happen, I would read a book to keep occupied. One of my skills is making 3dmodels, here are many websites to do this on.. Tinkercad for example is an Autodesk website where one can create 3D images or models. Other similar sites include: Cospaces, Onshape, Sketchfab to view 3D, and Blender. In Tinkercad, I created a suit replica of the Batman Begins with it’s closet, all three Iron Man arc reactors from the movies, and more suits. I began writing when an English class in seventh grade struck me with how exhilarating writing is. In my want to pursue writing, I keep practicing at it. I went to creative writing courses and practiced. In my research of writing, I came across the book, Story, by Robert McKee. He explains the principles of story writing in the means of a script portrayed on a film, but is still a narrative. Types of plots: none or anti-plot, arch plot, and minimalist. McKee also says researching an area relating to your book to fight clichés. You know what clichés are, the nerd won't get a girl, or the jock without a brain. My father also bought me a book of flash cards giving ways to fix writer's block. Writing a mystery is, for then the reader will solve it by reading. An adventure is one where the character will see a series of events for fun. At least this is what I thought. Not anymore. An adventure story still has a want and cost relationship. Mystery is tried down to discoveries and setbacks to the detective. Or whoever solved it. Mckee also stresses the questions and mystery must be solved by the end. Talking to others when the time arises about life and events helps bring out other perspectives. Languages I speak are english and spanish. Skills and Interests are skateboarding, boxing and Bo staff tricks, calisthenics, weightlifting, researching the web, reading, making 3dmodels, creative writing, and watching movies. In Boxing, I went through Feb 2019 to Mar 2020 on Mondays and Fridays. Maxwell's' Boxing center. The one at Miramar Rd Site. The coach would have us shadowbox after putting on the tape, then we go for a round on the punching bags. Sometimes we would practice sparring with partners. The coach would give different punches with numbers assigned to them. Each in different combinations to do that day. I have always been athletically inclined. Not that I would join leagues, but that I would exercise. Besides the gym, I started skateboarding. First learn the ollies, slide one foot, and hop with both. then practice while riding. After the ollies, move on to nollies, 180’s, 360’s and from there you have the basics. There are probably 20 types ranging from backspin, heelflip, kickflip, bigspin, along with their combinations of 180 and full circle degrees. I keep falling, but persevere. Recently I bought a Bo staff to learn all sorts of spinning tricks. It's as though a windmill lives in my arms. As an eleven year old, I always dreamed of doing this as efficiently. No matter how fast you go, what matters is that you never stop. The continuous motion and weight from the thicker end of the staff drives the spin along my hands. I played DC comics associated video games. Their characters such as Robin and Nightwing used their martial arts technique to fight, thus I became eager to learn it. I also used to rock climb. I learned there you must follow a path of the guide colors on the walls. Especially the times you must climb while your belly faces the rock toward the ceiling, with only your fingers dangling on therock's edges. Another aspect is what professionals call flagging. This is where you shift your weight to one side in order to balance out. Say I am gripping the wall, one with my right hand and the other with my ri more…

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