Beautiful Dreamer: The Journey of a Couple to Reconnect

Beautiful Dreamer
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Introduction
The film, Beautiful Dreamer explores the journey of a couple to reconnect after the husband Joe Kelly loses memory following a plane crash in WWII. Claire Kelly work alone together with Joe’s grandfather and trauma doctor. Joe lives a new life under a new name, but a chance encounter with his wife triggers many emotions with flashbacks. Joe’s loss of memory links his war trauma with his condition highlighting the need for intervention. This essay will look into the client’s illness history, observations, the diagnosis criteria, treatment plan and expected outcomes after intervening.
History of client illness
In the movie, Joe Kelly loses his memory after undergoing trauma during WWII and cannot recognize his wife. Claire finds her husband in another area under a new name, and now seeks to help him regain his memories (Farley, 2006). However, her attempts are not entirely successful since there is concern that he would further suffer amnesia related to trauma and the psychotic evens that he went through. It appears that Joe Kelly/ Tommy Warner suffers from a war related trauma since the loss occurred when his plane fell and he was captured during war. Nonetheless the psychological trauma associated with traumatic events has aroused controversy over time, as scholars debate on how best to diagnose the condition.
Soldiers may suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and in the case of Joe Kelly he experiences pain, headaches and flashbacks indicating the possibility he has the condition. Claire was advised by a doctor to be careful while meeting Joe now living as Tommy as this may cause deterioration in his mental well being (Farley, 2006). Even though, Joe does not recognize his wife at first he begins to have flashbacks over time and remembers the plane crash that he survived. Involuntary recollection of the traumatic event, and Kelly did not have a rational control of the memory episodes. This contrasts with soldiers who have vivid memories of war while they think a lot about the past.
Observations
There has been growing interest on the impact of psychological wounds on the lives of veterans and how this affects their daily life. Joe Kelly had memory loss and even tried to run away from his past when he realized that Claire was actually his wife (Farley, 2006). Joe has to cope with his traumatic past, and with no guidance he becomes immersed in work to deal with war trauma, and paradoxically working with airplanes and as a pilot. Joe had not fully broken from...