The Family as a Place of Experiencing Critical Events – Case Study
The Family as a Place of Experiencing Critical Events – Case Study

Summary/Abstract: RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The main aim is to show the narrative of a woman who experiencedcritical events in her personal life.THE RESEARCH PROBLEMS AND METHODS: 1. How does the narrator describe critical eventsbased on her family experience? 2. What meaning does she ascribe to the events experienced inretrospect? The presented research is situated in the interpretative research tradition. A descrip‑tive‑theoretical type of case study was used. Empirical data was collected using Fritz Schütze’snarrative interview technique.THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The interview began by presenting the narrator’s lifestory from her childhood to the present day. Attention was paid to her understanding of herself andher life, her relationship with her parents, and critical events that occurred in her family. The empiri‑cal material was then interpreted based on Schütze’s process structures, which revealed her currentlife course, critical events in the family and landmark events in the narrator’s individual biography.RESEARCH RESULTS: The interpretation of the empirical material showed the narrator in theprocess of change, internal metamorphoses. It revealed poor intra‑family relations, which becamethe cause of illness, lack of self‑acceptance, and depressive and anxious states. The therapy thatshe underwent, satisfying professional work and mutual feelings of love allowed the narrator toovercome her limitations, weaknesses and take a critical look at the family relationships that werethe cause of her pain and suffering.CONCLUSIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND APPLICABLE VALUE OF RESEARCH:The narrative presented in the paper can become a stimulus for change in people who are cur‑rently struggling with family problems, illness or suffering: all those people who experience anxietyand loneliness in the space of family life.

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