Seraphina's case launches Dewey's reputation
A successful parent-problem case for Seraphina becomes the starting point for Dewey's reputation.
In the file: Dewey Fairchild • Seraphina Johnson
BOOK 1 • CLARA'S CHRONOLOGY DRAWER
The file, in order.
Cases are easier to understand when the papers stop sliding around. Clara put the major turns in order: openings, wrong turns, discoveries, changes, and resolutions.
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CHRONOLOGY
What changed, and when.
Not every footstep belongs on the wall. These are the moments that move a case, a relationship, the office, or the story itself.
The secret office becomes an operation
About a year after Seraphina's case, Dewey has a hidden office, assistant, letterhead, and formal client systems.
In the file: Dewey Fairchild • Clara Cottonwood • Wolfie
Michael opens the germ case
Michael asks Dewey for help with his mother's escalating fear of germs.
In the file: Dewey Fairchild • Michael de la Cruz
Georgina's case becomes a medical reframe
Observation connects several embarrassing behaviors and shifts Dewey away from punishment toward professional medical evaluation.
In the file: Dewey Fairchild • Georgina
Dewey overhears the possible Alaska move
The possible family move turns Dewey from solver into someone personally affected by the problem.
In the file: Dewey Fairchild • Don Fairchild • Karen Fairchild
Clara makes Dewey his own client
Clara has Dewey complete the office client form and reread his problem from the problem-solver perspective.
In the file: Dewey Fairchild • Clara Cottonwood
Seraphina and Colin investigate Don's workplace
Dewey's friends gather workplace information because Dewey cannot observe his father there without being recognized.
In the file: Seraphina Johnson • Colin Decker • Don Fairchild • Dr. Bernard
Aunt Susie reveals Don's teaching dream
Susie explains that Don once wanted to teach high-school math and provides family-history evidence that changes Dewey's understanding of the case.
In the file: Dewey Fairchild • Aunt Susie • Don Fairchild
Clara stops Dewey from parenting his parent
Clara tells Dewey that children are not meant to parent their parents and takes over the final stage of the problem.
In the file: Dewey Fairchild • Clara Cottonwood
Georgina reports her father is improving
Georgina reports that allergies and acid reflux were involved and that her father is improving.
In the file: Georgina • Dewey Fairchild
The Fairchilds stay and Don changes careers
Don announces that the family will not move to Alaska and that he is leaving dentistry to return to school and pursue teaching.
In the file: Dewey Fairchild • Don Fairchild • Karen Fairchild • Stephanie Fairchild • Emma Fairchild
Dewey considers teacher problems next
The book ends with Dewey considering teacher problems as a possible new category for the following year.
In the file: Dewey Fairchild
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