Case Study: Jessika

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Jessika is a single mother of three girls, she is currently working at a private, African centered school in D.C. and working towards a masters degree in dance therapy. Embracing her heritage and dance, Jessika constantly strives for improvement, as a mother, as a dancer, and as a person. These actualizing tendencies she possesses, extend to include her uniqueness as an individual and her motivation, which is to provide for her children. Over the past two years I have known her, I have seen her change her environment and become increasingly motivated by her actualizing tendencies. Jessika is also keeping in touch with her organismic valuing process by providing unconditional love for her daughters and being introjective by internalizing