¶ … Theory According to Finn and Jacobson (2008), "Theory is thought of as intangible, highly academic, and entirely intellectual." In other words, we study "theory" while rarely making the connection to how we apply it in our practice. In discussing the "child's-eye view" of theory, Finn and Jacobson refer to the question we so often hear from little children: But why? It seems like a simple enough, straightforward question. However, if this is the case, why is it often so difficult for adults to come up with a simple, straightforward response?

In my early life experience, I do have memories of trying to understanding events, situations, and behaviors that did not seem to make sense to me, and of the ways I tried to deal with them. For the most part, my childhood seemed to be a happy one. I had two biological parents and...

However, inside our household, things could change quite instantly from a calm, peaceful evening to a loud, sometimes violent, and very frightening night.
The cause of these frightening nights was my father's unpredictable, sometimes violent, and always upsetting behavior at certain times (usually in the evenings, but with no regularity that I could tell). I remember thinking, as a child, that I had to be careful around him at times because saying the wrong thing or making the wrong move would end up in a violent fit of shouting. It was unclear to me at first that I had to be careful. However, after being yelled at a number of times, I began to realize that when my father was in a certain mood -- usually loud, pacing up and down the hallway and kitchen…