American TV show “Shameless” and psychology

American TV show “Shameless” and psychology

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Case summary of Fiona

Joslynn McNeish-Edgerton

Liberty University

Client History
Fiona Gallagher is the eldest child to a low-class family residing within the Southside of Chicago. Fiona is currently 24 years old. Her parents, Monica and Frank Gallagher, are both alcoholics struggling with their own mental health illness. The mother of the family is mentally ill thus abandoning her children leaving the father who consequentially neglects his fatherly role. Monica has been clinically diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder; she spent most of Fiona’s childhood in mental hospitalized and refuses to take her medication. Frank, who has been involved in the legal system several times for fraud, continues to drink, even after obtaining a new liver. Monica and Frank had six children: Fiona, Lip, Ian, Debbie, Carl, and Liam. The relationships between the children and the parents are estranged due to the long history of substance abuse. The family is poor and believes it’s only through alcohol that their pressure can be relieved. All the member of the family has their individual flaws all presumably, as a result of large quantity alcohol consumption.

At the age of 6, Fiona was left in a car for several days with her siblings; Fiona is typically left with most of the responsibilities. This caused her to become a foster child. Throughout her childhood, Fiona and her siblings were removed from the home several times. She has to quit school and do manual jobs to ensure that her brothers and sister do not lack food on the table. Fiona’s family has survived with both parents and six siblings.

In a closer reference to Fiona, following her father’s drunkard nature, Fiona is left in position of child-rearing for her younger siblings. Frank Gallagher doesn’t have any responsible over the family, rendering Fiona the guardian role. Fiona struggling to make ends meet for herself and the family through her jobs. This is due to Fiona’s lack of education. By assuming the parental role, she makes sure everyone has eaten; the siblings attend schools and are out of the troubles in their upbringing. She shifted from job to job in an attempt to raise adequate money for herself and the family.