Ellie Smith (pseudonym) is a twenty-two year old female who is struggling with her job. Ellie works in the mental health field and is experiencing trouble with her ideas of how she believes she is being treated unfairly at work. Ellie is worried in particular about the stress that she is experiencing. Ellie expressed that she is feeling like she is not doing a good enough job, that she is being treated unfairly and that these problems and feeling she is taking home with her which is also causing problems. Throughout the session Ellie expressed her overall dissatisfaction with her treatment in her job and feeling picked on.
Effect on the Client
Ellie entered the session feeling stressed out and frustrated with her current work situation. She was experiencing a negative schema about how she believes that her boss feels about her. She believes that others are getting preferential treatment over her. Ellie rated her stress about this situation as an 8 in the beginning. She appeared open to the idea of exploring the DTR and identifying what she perceives as a problem. She began looking for alternative ways of thinking and was beginning to see that a change in her perception and thinking could change her outlook. …show more content…
I used minimal socratic questioning and could have used more that "what" questions. Once the process recording was underway I became more comfortable. I also learned that I need to be more patient when working with a client. I need to remember it is their session and it should go at their pace not at the speed I think it should go. I feel that I am getting more confident with my skills and found myself using things that have been learned previously.
Effect on the Client
Ellie entered the session feeling stressed out and frustrated with her current work situation. She was experiencing a negative schema about how she believes that her boss feels about her. She believes that others are getting preferential treatment over her. Ellie rated her stress about this situation as an 8 in the beginning. She appeared open to the idea of exploring the DTR and identifying what she perceives as a problem. She began looking for alternative ways of thinking and was beginning to see that a change in her perception and thinking could change her outlook. …show more content…
I used minimal socratic questioning and could have used more that "what" questions. Once the process recording was underway I became more comfortable. I also learned that I need to be more patient when working with a client. I need to remember it is their session and it should go at their pace not at the speed I think it should go. I feel that I am getting more confident with my skills and found myself using things that have been learned previously.