May AD2021 Online Practice Detailing

WELCOME: I welcome you all severally and collectively to this month’s professional chaplaincy practice detailing training, soliciting your contributions which are highly valued.

 Let me remind you once again that we have actually gone beyond fundamentary stage of practice and we have gotten to an advance stage of professional chaplaincy training and where real cases shall be attended to by us all in every situation and case study, only that confidentiality should be maintained and names, places of residence as well as cities where such occurrences take place shall remain undisclosed in order for us to remain within our professional boundaries and ethical dictates.

This is advance professional chaplaincy practice stage, this is actual chaplaincy practice training we can be proud of.

Happy deliberation.

Chap. Prof. David Mike, the Anchor.

TITLE: REAL LIFE CASE STUDY: Case study of a high court Judge, married to a Lawyer.

This is a life story of an honourable judge of the high court, who also married a lawyer and the matrimony is blessed with 3 children, 2 males and a female. The married couple had lived together with relative peace with their children until news began to go around about infidelity on the part of the lawyer, wife.

As the news became very disturbing and distracting for the honourable judge of the high court, he informed his lawyer, wife that he would want a DNA test done for the children which was carried out and the result proved that none of the 3 children actually belong to him. This gave him a rude shock of life and he became devastated and his wife also became confused.

QUESTIONS: As professional practioners called to solve problems and thus make life better and more conducive for people, how do you feel about this story?

Question 1: As professional problem-solvers, what exactly are we expected to do in this case?

Question 2: Let us first of all start by identifying the types of problems the judge and his wife are confronted with, how the problem has effected them and how best such can be attended to and needed solutions offered?

Question 3: What physical problems and torture are they likely to be going through, both of them?

Question 3b: What remedies can we proffer as practioners?

Question 4: What Psychological problems do you think they both will be going through because of this shocking discoveries?

Question 4b: What approach would you apply and remedies you will proffer if you happen to be the one handling the case?

Question 5: What emotional torture and suffering do you think they both will be passing through?

Question 5b: What approach would you apply and remedies you will proffer if you happen to be the one handling the case?

Question 6: What spiritual pains and agonies do you think they both will be passing through because of this situation of theirs?

Question 6b: What spiritual care approach would you apply and remedies you will proffer if you happen to be the one handling the case?

Question 7: What religious challenges and difficulties do you think they both will be facing and what remedies would proffer for them and why?

Question 8: What social dilemma do you think they would be faced with and what remedies can you offer them?

Question 9: How would this discoveries have affected their professional lives and work and how would you as a professional problem-solver assist them to remain in their profession?

Question 10: In your opinion, what do you think becomes of their relationship and marriage? Is there any hope of reconciliation, if yes, how? If no, why?

NB: The 3 children are of age and they have all graduated from universities to begin their own lives.

Question 11: What impact do you think this episode will have upon the children and how can they be assisted in order for them to get hold of their own lives, destinies and future?

Question 12: In your opinion, is separation or divorce of their parents a solution in this situation?

Question 13: What would say about wholistic approach to this problem?

Question 14: Does this case require the services of specialist chaplains or any chaplain can handle it? Give reasons for your choice answer.

Question 15: What other professionals would you collaborate with in solving this problem and why?

Question 16: What therapeutic treatment would you suggest they both should be made to go through?

Question 17: What do you think intimacy between them can do in this situation and can obtaining healing through intimacy and commitment to one another now than before?

Question 18: What other helping methods will you offer or suggest in this case? Is there any hope of healing at all for them?

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