In the movie, “Ordinary People”, the Jarrett family must deal with many conflicts. One conflict being death and depression, Conrad dealing with his parents and friends forgiving himself as well as others for his brother’s death and allowing himself to express emotion. For a family to be fully prepared to deal with conflict, they must be willing to cooperate with each other. Stubbornness prevents families from resolving their differences and prevents them from considering and visualizing other people’s views, which, in essence, makes it even harder for families to overcome conflict.

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The death of Conrad’s brother has taken its toll on him. This is evident through him trying to commit suicide. Calvin tries to carry on as if nothing ever happened, suppressing his emotions. Beth withdraws all support and meaningful communication from Conrad as if silently holding him responsible for Buck’s death. Her relationship is strained with Calvin because she sees him as supporting Conrad’s irrational behavior.

therapy method which Dr. Berger used, the cognitive-behavior approach, and would do it the same way. The advantages of the cognitive-behavior approach are that it encourages self-responsibility and self-awareness. This helped Conrad make a complete turn-around, and his life is filled with friendships, whereas at the beginning it was filled with depression. “Ordinary People” is a powerful example of the damage that can be done when people can no longer communicate with those closest to them.

As the movie progresses we see Conrad’s need for a close relationship with someone. He begins therapy with Dr. Berger in spite of his negative feelings for psychiatrists. Dr. Berger helps Conrad to express his feelings and encourages him to do what he wants instead of what people expect him to do. Dr. Berger is spontaneous which is to Conrad’s benefit. They have both established a solid foundation for a client-therapist relationship, which is an important part of therapy. Eventually, through his therapy sessions, Conrad comes to understand that his failure in the relations

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