Session 5 Reflection Paper

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Session five was a big stepping stone for me, I believe I asked questions that guided her and properly validated her feelings, not to mention my powerful use of silence during the whole session. This reflection will shift gears from how I originally lay out my reflections. I usually express the goals I said I would work on and then share the progress I made during the succeeding session. However, I shared my uncertainty about where to take our session after the last one. I believe this doubt helped session five unfold the way it did. I believe Abbey realized a lot about her pain and depression and may have brought some light into a new door of self-discovery.
Prior to session five, I planned on talking to Abbey about the progression and future
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Hammond expressed the importance of three preconditions required to have effective additive responses, trust, volunteered material and feelings as well as reciprocated empathetic response. I believe I had previously instituted trust with Abbey, we have created a relationship outside of our sessions so it may have aided in Abbey volunteering to share with me her feelings. Next, similar to my previous statement I asked questions just to understand more of what she was thinking, however, she volunteered the information and had the option not to. Last, close to the end of our session I made a few comments reciprocating empathy, I wanted to ensure her that her feelings were hear and understood. Hammond also shared that going along with additive empathy working on implied ideals and goals is a sensitive area. I think Abbey and I could do some work on understanding more of how her goals are being perceived to herself. She has mentioned in the past self- dissatisfaction and even in this last session she mentions at the end that she would like to find an explanation as to why she is feeling so miserable. I would like to help her find direction in her statements and to explore more goals and intentions. I believe Abbey has come a long way since we began our sessions, I wonder where she will take our next

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