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Ted Bundy: Case Study
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Background Information
• Theodore Robert Cowell grew up in what he called a healthy home.
• However, future studies have revealed other facts.
• For a lot of his life he believed his mother to be his sister, and his grandparents to be his parents.
• His grandfather expressed schizophrenic tendencies, and his grandmother was being treated for depression.
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Background Information• At the age of twenty-one, Bundy fell in love with
fellow University of Washington student Stephanie Brooks.
• The love was unrequited.• When Bundy began to fail in his studies, Brooks
left him suddenly, sending him into a deep and dark stage that would last the rest of his lifetime.
• Later in his life, Bundy developed a relationship with divorcee Meg Anders.
• Anders fell deeply in love with Bundy, but he was still obsessed with Brooks.
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Background Information• Bundy met up with
Brooks again years later, wooed her, and got her to fall in love with him.
• Then, he left her as she left him three years past for revenge.
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Description of the Presenting Problem• Unable to feel sympathy• “I don’t feel guilty for anything. I feel sorry for
people who feel guilt.” • “I didn’t know what made people want to be
friends. I didn’t know what made people attractive to one another. I didn’t know what underlay social interactions.”
• Bundy was charming.• He lost his ability to hold a steady job.• He was smart and observant.• Compulsive liar, deceitful, manipulative
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Diagnosis• Axis I: 296.54 Bipolar I Disorder (Manic-
Depression) with Psychotic Features• High highs, low lows• Multiple manic episodes• Confidence during highs that led to rash decisions• Interrupted functioning
• Axis II: 301.7 Antisocial Personality Disorder• Disregard for the rights of others• Impulsive• Clever• Deceitful
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Diagnosis• Axis III: None• Axis IV: Psychosocial Stressors• Bundy’s victims had similar physical features to Brooks
• Axis V: Highest Level of Functioning• Social: 40• Occupational: 35• Symptoms: 50
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Intervention• Psychoanalytic Approach• Repressed anger• Sexual desire• Strong id compared to ego and superego• “the talking cure”
• Behavioral Approach• Learned psychotic behavior• Blamed a lot of his violence on media• Positive behaviors are rewarded
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Intervention• Humanistic Approach• Deviated from natural tendency of good• Self-actualization and individualism• Fulfillment instead of emptiness and anger