Fionna is a child from an army family. Her father is a general in one of the Western European
armies. As a child and teenager the family would move a lot. They would stay in one place only for
several years. She learnt to leave friends behind and make new friendships quickly.  In a new
school and community she would always “throw herself in there” for people to notice her. It was
difficult to make new friends when people had already had their friends groups. As an emerging
adult she would have casual sex. At the time of therapy she was in love with a boy from her
university who was nice and liked her but didn’t want her as a permanent girlfriend. They would
have regular sex and a quasi friendship but not a relationship. She was unhappy about it and yet
continued with the arrangement. Her reasons for this were that she didn’t want to be alone. She had
experienced similar relationships before (where she wanted the guy and he would only want her for
sex). She also misused alcohol quite a bit. Not knowing how to handle this relationship brought her
to therapy. She also described herself as suffering from low self-esteem.

Please try to formulate the case with the information you have.  You may be left several questions
at the end of it. It is only natural. Please include these questions (thoughts, associations, etc)
into your presentation.