Counseling Session Analysis

This is a second counseling session that I have with my client. In this session I am doing a follow-up with his current problems. Client had reported that the issues that he had is getting a little better than before. Even though, this is the second time I had meet with my client. Before starting the counseling session, I had to informs my client regarding the inform consent. Everything that is said during the session will remain in this room and nothing will leave this room less otherwise. I am a mandated reporter if there is an adult abuse or child abuse I have to make a report according to the law. Although, this is the second time we had meet I have to starts with the interview by using the five stages and dimension of the interviews with my client. This time I would like to have an empathic relationship with my client, and try to gather more information and story behind his problems. During the process I have to find my client strength and be empathic with his concern. The second interview with my client had me realized that I need to have a more realistic goals for my client that would work him. Which means that we need to explore options and strategies that would …show more content…
The session started with, “How are you doing?” The rest of the session seem to just flow and I felt very comfortable. As our session continue the client did most of the talking and I was able to retained myself from asking client too much questions and I had remembered not to make the client feel uncomfortable. Once in a while after a pause from the client I would rephrased or summarized the client statement. On some of the occasionally, I would tell the client, “Hmm, please continue…..” and there were many time that I had to reframed what the client is saying. “You feel angry because ……. Or What I am hearing you said is, or you are feeling