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Appendix H<br />
Summary Case-Ordered Matrices of 4 Phases of Model<br />
The following tables give a detailed case-by-case summary information on how each<br />
phase of the 4 phase model manifests in each case. In the middle column is a brief<br />
description of the life situation of the individual in question. In the right hand column<br />
is a brief description of experiential features including affect, motivation and self.<br />
Table XVI – Case Ordered Matrix of Phase 1 Features<br />
Name Phase 1 Life Situation Phase 1 Experience and Identity<br />
Rachel Housewife, married, 2 children. Feels false, hides desire to do a degree and think deeply,<br />
feels depressed.<br />
Mary Partner of major law firm, single, no children. Hugely stressed, takes time off work for stress, work is<br />
“killing” her, but she cannot see a way out.<br />
Lynne HR Consultant, married, no children, affair<br />
with work colleague.<br />
Describes being a “cash cow” – corporate persona has<br />
become her whole life. Extreme job stress and pressure.<br />
Angela Office Assistant, single, no children, bullied<br />
by boss.<br />
Hates her job, feels “suffocated” and like she is “in<br />
prison”. Her confidence is very low.<br />
Violet Housewife, long-term relationship, 2 children,<br />
partner has serial affairs.<br />
Long-term partner cheats on her, she fantasises about<br />
injuring him, feels hemmed in and morbid.<br />
Frances Waitress, long-term partnership, no children,<br />
bullied by boyfriend, drug taking.<br />
Feels like a “worn out blob” and a “non-person” – doesn’t<br />
feel fully alive, and feels passive.<br />
Camilla Printing Executive, single, no children, has Feels totally out of control after affair with boss<br />
Gemma<br />
Dan<br />
George<br />
Neil<br />
affair with controlling boss.<br />
Housewife, married, 2 children, extremely<br />
unhappy and depressed.<br />
Corporate filmmaker, married, 1 child, high<br />
level of job stress.<br />
Social worker, gay, single, heavy drug taking,<br />
destructive lifestyle.<br />
Engineer, married, no children, frustrated and<br />
major marital difficulties.<br />
precipitates terrible stress and loss of contact with friends.<br />
Feels “completely stuck”, like the marriage is an<br />
oppressive force in her life, she fantasises about leaving<br />
husband.<br />
In a high stress job in corporate film. Wife has post-natal<br />
depression, but has no time to spend with her. Feels out of<br />
control.<br />
Feels like has a false persona, out of control, is broken<br />
hearted after experience of rejection.<br />
Work stress is extreme. Has major differences with boss<br />
which cause conflict and argument. Marriage is devoid of<br />
emotion. Feels “stuck in a rut”.<br />
Vern IT Executive, married, 1 child, major marital<br />
problems.<br />
Living for money, married because of pregnancy and sense<br />
of “duty” but now desperately wants out.<br />
Leon Market Researcher, married, one son. Living according to a “prescription”. Married out of a<br />
sense of duty, has an affair. In a “mad, intense job”.<br />
Guy Banker, married, 3 children, extreme job stress<br />
and neglect of home life.<br />
Intense job pressure, no time with wife and family, has<br />
turned into a “tyrant”, physical health is poor.<br />
Ben Doing a PhD, has long-term partner, no<br />
children, problems with cashflow.<br />
Has recently failed a viva, is looking to build a career as an<br />
academic, neglecting wife.<br />
Jack Accountant, single, no children, major sense<br />
of anomie.<br />
Feels “like a ghost”, not fully alive, loss of interest in life,<br />
no romantic involvement.<br />
Victoria Hairdresser, living with mother in rural Italy. Feels trapped in a patriarchal and narrow-minded culture,<br />
parental pressure, very low self-confidence.<br />
Clare Works as management consultant, which she<br />
hates, then ensnaring marriage .<br />
Is compelled to work in full-time corporate consultancy to<br />
provide for her children. Is anxious and depressed. Has an<br />
artificial work persona.<br />
Lilly Working in PR, living with boyrfriend,<br />
problems with relationship<br />
Feels “smothered” by deteriorating relationship, antisocial<br />
flatmate and job in location she despises<br />
Frank Working as a corporate lawyer, married, no<br />
kids,<br />
Feels false at work, doesn’t feel like a lawyer, marriage<br />
lacks intimacy,<br />
Mark Works as financial consultant, married, no Hates his job, dreams of getting out, feels like he is “living<br />
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