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Introduction
The orange coat is a story told by a girl that has repressed a painful memory from her childhood. Ruth fears the full orange coat with sleeves shaped like cornucopia and has no idea why. She is absolutely terrified of the coat and no one that knows of her fear understands. This paper will discuss how psychoanalytical/psychodynamic, humanist/existential, systems, and narrative therapy might apply to Ruth's story.
Psychoanalytic Theory

The "journey" is often the metaphor for the process of discovery and is also one of the most compelling metaphors for the process of psychoanalytic theory. Whether Ruth is just trying to discover how to make it in the world or how to manage because of a coat that she fears, she will be striving to discover things that involve an unknown territory and primitive danger. While taking this "journey" in psychoanalytic theory a reflective stroll on the walls of her memories can bring her face to face with a terrifying ghost or a......

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