Telephone Call of Ms. Schultz relating to Rachel Tanner Dated Wednesday, 09/10/97

Rachel Tanner, a new patient, is introduced in a telephone call from her grandmother.

Therapy Session 1 Dated Tuesday, 09/23/97

Rachel, a new patient, has compulsive counting rituals which interfere with her ability to function.

Therapy Session 2 Dated Tuesday, 10/07/97

Rachel's obsessive compulsions are the symptoms of a depressed woman struggling to gain some control over herself and her world.

Therapy Session 3 Dated Tuesday, 10/21/97

Rachel is fired from her job doing nails at the salon, probably because her rituals and compulsions inhibit her ability to function.

Therapy Session 4 Dated Tuesday, 11/04/97

Rachel, struggling with her own OCD, discovers the extent to which her mother also suffered from the disorder.

Therapy Session 5 Dated Tuesday, 11/18/97

Rachel freaks out at the thought of returning to school.

Phone Call with Anna Schultz Dated Wednesday, 11/26/97

Rachel's grandmother calls to reveal that Rachel has compulsively plucked out all her pubic hair.

Therapy Session 6 Dated Tuesday, 12/09/97

Is the trauma of a date rape the only reason that Rachel can't face the prospect of returning to school?

Therapy Session 7 Dated Tuesday, 01/06/98

Rachel is clearly improved--her visit to her brother's place went very well--but she's not sure whether it's really her or merely the effect of the drugs she's taking.

Therapy Session 8 Dated Tuesday, 02/17/98

Rachel, who has missed a lot of therapy, copes with the stresses of school by falling back into her old OCD habits.

Therapy Session 9 Dated Friday, 03/27/98

Now that her OCD problems are seemingly under control, Rachel wants to break free of her loneliness and social isolation.

Therapy Session 10 Dated Friday, 04/10/98

Rachel remembers the inordinate sexual demands placed upon her ailing mother by her hated father.

Therapy Session 11 Dated Friday, 04/24/98

Rachel tries to seduce her brother's roommate by flaunting her body.

Therapy Session 12 Dated Friday, 05/15/98

Using her literary talents, Rachel explores her OCD both from the perspective of her past and her future.

Therapy Session 13 Dated Friday, 06/19/98

Rachel feels assaulted by the smell of urine in a public toilet.

Therapy Session 14 Dated Friday, 07/10/98

Rachel becomes enraged at the suggestion that she use a public lavatory as a test of her ability to conquer her fear of contamination.

Therapy Session 15 Dated Friday, 07/24/98

Rachel has a lesbian encounter with her human sexuality teacher.

Therapy Session 16 Dated Friday, 08/14/98

Rachel's lesbian lover seems willing to patiently draw her from her shell of OCD and sexual inexperience.

Therapy Session 17 Dated Friday, 09/11/98

Rachel can see only the negative after her relationship with Carla comes to an end.

Therapy Session 18 Dated Friday, 10/16/98

Rachel may be slipping back into her old OCD habits from a combination of stress and poor health.

Phone Call with Rachel Tanner Dated Friday, 11/06/98

Since her grandmother has decided to go back to Germany, Rachel has to find a way to live on her own.

Therapy Session 19 Dated Friday, 11/20/98

Rachel is happy at the prospect of moving into her brother's laundry room.