U08a1 PsychosocialDevelopmentCaseStudyAssessment 1 .docx Running head: DEVELOPING A CASE

u08a1 PsychosocialDevelopmentCaseStudyAssessment  1 .docx  Running head: DEVELOPING A CASE  COUN5004  Unit 8: Psychosocial Development Case Study Assessment  COUN5004 – Survey of Research in Human Development for Professional Counselors  Psychosocial Development Case Study  This case study will cover three different individuals who make up the family of Ralph South, including his wife Lenore, nephew Danny, and son Sonny. The family members span the age groups of young adult, middle adult and older adult. This case study will examine their life stages, psychosocial crisis at each stage of life, relationship to each other and development  theory relating to their respective life stages. This case study will also references the concepts of resilience and wellness.  Lenore - Older Adult, age 70  Lenore is a 70 year old female who is in the older adult stage of life.  She has been married to Ralph for over 50 years, and has 3 children and a nephew.  She used to be the caretaker for her elder mother in her final years of life.  She is estranged from her eldest son, yet keeps in touch occasionally with his wife, her daughter in law. As an older adult, she is facing  the psychosocial crisis of integrity versus despair, and as she ages, will be facing immortality and extinction.  She also has some lingering issues with her middle adulthood crisis of stagnation. According to Wong, a “stagnant individual is no longer participating in or contributing to society and ceases to be productive, preferring a stagnant type of life” (Wong 2015). L