They don't pay me enough to be a therapist

This week I decided to take on a more complicated and peculiar case. My clients Katherine and Petruchio (what kind of name is that?) came into my office both pretty worked up. After explaining to them that my office is a safe judgment free zone with no bias I decided to try and delve into their problems. Petruchio barely letting me finish, told me about how Kate was not an ideal wife and how she hounded him constantly. I asked him for some examples and he basically said that she just speaks her mind to often. I'm not going to lie, I was taken back, I mean does this guy not realize that we live in the twenty first century? His feeling superiority over his wife was crazy, I swear Petruchio was trying to tame his wife Katherine during the ENTIRE meeting. I listened to as much of his ignorant as I could manage, but before I had the ability to respond to his incorrect and offensive tactics to "tame" his wife, Katherine began to respond. Instead of getting upset she actually seemed to submit to her husband. She said that she realized she was too hard on him and instead of sticking up for herself she started to coddle him and apologize. The problem hit me as I asked her about her childhood. Katherine, Kate as Petruchio called her, told me about how she had a beautiful sister and felt as though she could never really compare. So instead of working to become the wife her father had hoped her to become she started developing a rebellious attitude and a sarcastic manner. When a man seemed to show interest in her she decided that the only way to ever attain a husband was to submit to him and follow his every wish. I quickly explained to her that a wife's role does not have to be defined by her husbands limits and most certainly does not have to be limited to the house. The pair talked some more and decided on a more progressive approach to their extremely traditional shakespearian relationship. I honestly hope I made a difference because to be honest they seemed impossible.