Throughout this semester, I have been given the opportunity to meet and begin a counselor to client relationship with Feng. At the same time, I have been given the opportunity to play the role of Ken who has been visiting a counselor. This role playing opportunity gave me real life experience to develop my professional role as a counselor and social worker. The sessions gave me opportunity how I can use myself in therapy and enabled me to attain knowledge regarding the many layers clients bring to therapy. Working with Feng, and acting as Ken revealed many dynamics that can occur within counseling sessions.
Part One: Reflection
My role as the client. I was Ken, a 35 year old married man with a new baby who thinks he is gay but is unsure whether …show more content…
Another effective tool that Kayla provided was a sexuality spectrum chart. This chart gave Ken the opportunity to place his sexuality on a point on the chart that provided more options than solely gay or straight. Kayla presented this exercise and the outcome provided a moment of clarity for Ken and took a heavy burden off of him. Ken felt that he understood himself more when he realized that he is bisexual and his attraction to men is a normal part of his life. Ken knows that being married does not stop attraction to other people but he desires to remain married and would like to use his last session to talk about whether or not he should or could tell his …show more content…
The client is Feng. Feng is a 22 year old Chinese American male. Feng has recently graduated college and has started a job as a bioengineer. Feng likes his job and enjoys partying on the weekends. Feng’s family is traditional Chinese. They believe that as the first born male, Feng has to have a good education and attain a high paying job and have a successful career as the provider for his household. Feng’s family looks down on homosexuality. Feng is gay. He hides this from his family but is open with his friends. Feng lives far enough from his family that he can hide his sexuality and acts differently when he is around his parents. Feng sees himself as a young man who wants to have fun. He enjoys sleeping with men he meets while out partying and sees nothing wrong with his lifestyle. He knows that his parents will disapprove of this an disown him if they find out. Feng feels that this is causing him trouble internally and came to see a counselor because he might be depressed and his friends thought he might have contracted
Part One: Reflection
My role as the client. I was Ken, a 35 year old married man with a new baby who thinks he is gay but is unsure whether …show more content…
Another effective tool that Kayla provided was a sexuality spectrum chart. This chart gave Ken the opportunity to place his sexuality on a point on the chart that provided more options than solely gay or straight. Kayla presented this exercise and the outcome provided a moment of clarity for Ken and took a heavy burden off of him. Ken felt that he understood himself more when he realized that he is bisexual and his attraction to men is a normal part of his life. Ken knows that being married does not stop attraction to other people but he desires to remain married and would like to use his last session to talk about whether or not he should or could tell his …show more content…
The client is Feng. Feng is a 22 year old Chinese American male. Feng has recently graduated college and has started a job as a bioengineer. Feng likes his job and enjoys partying on the weekends. Feng’s family is traditional Chinese. They believe that as the first born male, Feng has to have a good education and attain a high paying job and have a successful career as the provider for his household. Feng’s family looks down on homosexuality. Feng is gay. He hides this from his family but is open with his friends. Feng lives far enough from his family that he can hide his sexuality and acts differently when he is around his parents. Feng sees himself as a young man who wants to have fun. He enjoys sleeping with men he meets while out partying and sees nothing wrong with his lifestyle. He knows that his parents will disapprove of this an disown him if they find out. Feng feels that this is causing him trouble internally and came to see a counselor because he might be depressed and his friends thought he might have contracted