Psychosocial Interview

My person of interest for this assignment is my best friend and significant other, Jimmy. The both of us have been together for around a year now and I thought choosing him, as my subject would be useful towards our relationship. Of course it is obvious that we are different by gender, but socioeconomic status, ethnicity and even religion are all of the same. You see Jimmy is probably the most influential and positive man I have ever come across. But when it comes to me, I try to be more realistic and sometimes come off as pessimistic. I suppose that’s the female in me. He has had a severe hardship that I can never imagine coming back from so positively. After interviewing him, the passing of his mother so sudden made him appreciate and view …show more content…
I would make sure he had then received the right outside sources whether that meant seeing a counselor or a professional. Jimmy had no outside help and requested to not have it when he was approached after his mother’s passing. He wanted to be able to handle the hard times as a family rather than be separate. Jimmy had been out of school for a week after it happened and made guidance counselor visits because he didn’t want to be in school since it was hard for him to stay in class. He felt as if he was forced to be there, yet turned to sports as an outlet to bond with his teammates. As a social worker, I would approve of the fact that sports were a good outlet to get back into the swing of things and to be in a positive environment. However, I would have made sure a counselor cleared him so that he didn’t use the extra help by the school as an excuse to leave class. When I had asked whether or not he should have gone to an outside source for help he told me, “everybody should be offered support, but if they don’t want it, it shouldn’t be forced. Everyone reacts to things differently”. If I were in Jimmy’s shoes, I would want to talk to someone because that is how I release my emotions rather than bottling them up. As a social worker and the advice Jimmy had given me, I would say it depends on the client and their …show more content…
This interview has opened my eyes to seeing how short life is and that nothing should be taken for granted. As Jimmy would say, “everything happens for a reason”, so now my outlook on the world around me has changed. When I think if being negative or having negative thoughts, I remember that they can be controlled, just as discussed when talking about CBT. As a female, my stereotype is to be emotional compared to a male. However, being emotional doesn’t have to be a negative thing. Being emotional in my opinion after this interview means expanding your thoughts to more positive emotions, not just the negative. That our brains can depict the worst and most positive things, but only if you let