A generalist social worker will come across and help clients that come from a variety of cultures and backgrounds. The struggles and resilience, as-well-as the relationships made throughout an individual’s lifetime, and their environment help in shaping who they are. This paper will focus on an adult Hispanic male, who will be referred to as Hector Lopez in order to protect his privacy. This papers author meant Hector while attending group sessions with her spouse at their local Veterans clinic. The interview for this paper took place at a park in the city of Jacksonville, Florida.…
A.(Intrapersonal communication is an exchange of information between two or more people. It is also an area of study. Communication skills are developed and may be enhanced or improved with greater than before knowledge and practice. During interpersonal communication there is message sending and message receiving.…
b) Provide the name of person, their position, and how you found him/her. Give an overview of Information gathered about the company/organization/individual before the interview. The person I interviewed was Linda M. Sweeney, a Cal-Pro-Net Coordinator, who recently came back from her out of state conference. I found Ms. Sweeney thanks to my professor Amna Jaffer who help me get in contact with her. Ms. Sweeney explained what Cal-Pro-Net is in great detail.…
For the informational interview I contacted a family friend Rebecca Gray Detling who is an executive sales manager with ICH Global LLC. I first just started off asking Rebecca on what she majored in college, how it prepared her for her job, what courses were the most valuable, and what class she wished she would have taken while in school. While in college Rebecca majored in physical therapy and had a minor in finance because she knew she wanted a future in the business field while helping out people in the medical field. Once out of college though she said that the most valuable class she took was a little of every class because with a career in the medical field, sales, and finance not one class is better than the other but a little of each class was extremely valuable.…
Who did you interview and why did you select this individual to interview? For the informational interview, I interviewed my mom, Beth Martens. The reason I chose my mom is because she is an elementary school teacher and has been for about 15 years. Throughout her years teaching, she has taught at two different schools with three different positions between those two schools.…
We chose motivational interviewing. Motivational Interviewing is an approach that works on promoting and engaging essential motivation within the client in order to change behavior.[citation needed] MI is a goal-oriented, client-centered counseling style for invoking behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence. In comparison with non-directive counseling, it's more focused and goal-directed. It goes away from traditional client-centered therapy through this use of direction, in which therapists attempt to influence clients to consider making changes, rather than non-directively explore themselves.[1]…
What is Motivational interviewing? Motivational interviewing is a method of counseling that focuses on the client. This is a goal-oriented addiction treatment which emphasizes results and seeks to help clients clear the hurdle of ambivalence. The process of M.I. focuses on the desire to change within the client. This desire is not pushed on them by the counselor.…
Travon Bradley 4/16/16 AMH2020 1319 The person I decided to interview is a retired Command Sargent Major in the US Army and is also my grandfather. George Bradley Sr. was born on November 1st, 1949 in Sanford, Florida. He was the fourth of seven siblings and vaguely remembers anything other than plating outside with his siblings and getting cookies for one cent.…
Leadership Interview I recently had the opportunity of interviewing Mr. Maity who has more than ten years of experience in leadership positions within his organization. He started his career after grad school with a small non-profit research organization. His leadership abilities were quickly realized and he became a part of a large company as a Project Manager. He recalls that in his first job, the small size of the company and the nature of operations meant that soon after joining the firm, he started taking up multiple responsibilities with many being outside of his core functional role. This valuable learning experience has allowed him to excel in his current leadership position.…
Overall, I thought it was a really informative interview. I am fortunate to have spoken to someone before jumping in without knowing the specifics of nursing home administrator field. As far as the financial impact, I was learned that the nursing home administrator has a lot to manage, almost being an accountant on the side of managing the well being of all the patients. They have to wear many hats. I would say that I am not deterred but have a more realistic picture of what to…
2) In addition to understanding several interpersonal communication concepts and skills I now have a knowledge on how to be a more competent communicator. At the beginning of this course I was asked to write an introductory paper stating what I seen my strengths and weaknesses to be in communication. I had indicated that at that point in time that I feel that I have a strong need for affection and gaining control over any given situation. In addition to wanting to have the upper hand in a situation I had also indicated that I lack the sense of having high monitoring skills.…
Introduction Recently this fall, I had the opportunity to step out and conduct informational interview with with someone at a workplace where I would like to work in future and know more about the industry. In the process of finding the right personnel I came across various firms and workplaces related to my area of interest. First it seemed very uncomfortable to ask around for an informational interview but eventually it changed into interest of learning and researching more about workplaces and how the industry functions. While my research was ongoing, I was referred to Mr. Harmeet Singh by my brother Preet.…
The textbook, Intentional Interviewing and Counseling: Facilitating Client Development in a Multicultural Society (2014) explores core counselling skills and techniques. The authors, Ivey, Ivey, & Zalaquett (2014) assert that counselors help clients to help themselves by using competent and effective counselling skills. When counselors accurately use their basic counseling skills, they aid clients in developing their own abilities to use their human potential in the present and in future. Numerous counseling skills are discussed in the textbook, such as intentional and diagnostic interviewing skills, attending skills, observing and reflecting skills, listening skills, confronting skills, and influencing skills. These skills and techniques are…
Nursing has always been my passion and my life has been devoted to achieving just that. I was extremely excited to come across this Nurse Residency Program in Pediatrics as this is directly in line with my career goals. I would be an excellent candidate for this opportunity at Broward Health as I recently graduated from Chamberlain College of Nursing with my Bachelors degree. I have obtained my Florida licensure as a Registered Nurse and am certified with American Heart Association, Basic Life Support as well as Advanced Cardiac Life Support.…
This essay will purely be based on the reflection of my development in communication and professionalism abilities. It will also include an action plan to identify four goals, which will continue to develop my communication and professionalism skills, for clinical placement. A simple definition of communication is being able to use language in a way that people will understand. Effective and ethical communication requires listening carefully, understanding clients and staff and maintain confidentiality.…