Friday, June 29, 2012

Angry at the boss lady

 Case Study

 A client came to see me with an interesting issue, he finally got the dream job he had been looking for and it was all he had dreamed of except one thing he felt so angry towards his immediate boss and had no idea why.
She had been nothing but encouraging towards him in getting him familiar with the job tasks and supporting him, it was just a feeling he had which he could not control.
When he sat in my office he was completely mystified as to why he felt this way, and said I have never felt this way before but I know if I can’t change it, I shall end up leaving or worse getting fired.
I asked him how he felt about this and he said frustrated, embarrassed and of all things dirty.
During the session we uncovered an incident whilst he was being potty trained, he had an accident and his mother had talked in a tone which was degrading, he felt angry, frustrated and dirty that this had happened.


The reason for the issue with the boss was because she not only looked like his mother, but when she was explaining to him how to overcome issues, the tone she used was the same, which it turn pushed his buttons and his emotions came right back.
Being able to uncover this incident we dealt with the issues and also resolved the attitude towards the boss, he had no idea at all where this was coming from in the beginning but it made complete sense when we uncovered the issue.
He now loves going to work and no longer has these raging emotions and in fact really likes his boss, who he now jokingly calls mom!
Secondary gain here was because he was in a learning situation again and having to be coached the old emotions came back as a defense mechanism as protection from criticism.

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