Discussion of Session 3 Data Discussion
My feelings before and during session 3 were a little different from the first two sessions. They were largely compounded by stress and exhaustion from arriving home late from coming out of town and staying up until 5am the night before editing a group paper/project. Nevertheless, I was anxious before the session because I knew that this session would just involve the client and I one-on-one with no observer present. Therefore, I knew that building rapport with the client before the session would take more effort on my part. During the session, I found it difficult to attend and listen to my client. I was extremely tired and my focus drifted a few times. One of the major feelings I felt during this …show more content…
In Session 1, I explained that I believed approval-reassurance and open questions about my client’s future plans were the most helpful. This is because my goal was to make my client feel better, while also giving her an opportunity to explore her thoughts about what she wants to do after graduation. In Session 2, the skills that I deemed most helpful were reflection of feelings and disclosure of feelings. In this session, I sensed that my client was having a difficult time expressing her feelings. She had conflicting feelings in that she liked her guy friend, but did not feel it was appropriate to reveal them to him or her other friends. As a result, my intention here was to help her verbalize her feelings, so that she could express her emotions better. These differences can be attributed to me wanting to apply the skill that I thought best fit my client and her needs. In comparing all three sessions, I believe that my experience in the first one was the best, followed by the second and third sessions, respectively. This is largely reflected by the fact that I had a stronger bond with my Session 1 client since we had much in common. In contrast, my session evaluation score for Session 3 was the lowest (M=3.25) because I felt that I could not empathize with my client’s issue. Also my experience in Session 3 was affected by me getting distracted by own personal problems. Nevertheless, in all three sessions, I indicated that my client and I had a positive therapeutic
My feelings before and during session 3 were a little different from the first two sessions. They were largely compounded by stress and exhaustion from arriving home late from coming out of town and staying up until 5am the night before editing a group paper/project. Nevertheless, I was anxious before the session because I knew that this session would just involve the client and I one-on-one with no observer present. Therefore, I knew that building rapport with the client before the session would take more effort on my part. During the session, I found it difficult to attend and listen to my client. I was extremely tired and my focus drifted a few times. One of the major feelings I felt during this …show more content…
In Session 1, I explained that I believed approval-reassurance and open questions about my client’s future plans were the most helpful. This is because my goal was to make my client feel better, while also giving her an opportunity to explore her thoughts about what she wants to do after graduation. In Session 2, the skills that I deemed most helpful were reflection of feelings and disclosure of feelings. In this session, I sensed that my client was having a difficult time expressing her feelings. She had conflicting feelings in that she liked her guy friend, but did not feel it was appropriate to reveal them to him or her other friends. As a result, my intention here was to help her verbalize her feelings, so that she could express her emotions better. These differences can be attributed to me wanting to apply the skill that I thought best fit my client and her needs. In comparing all three sessions, I believe that my experience in the first one was the best, followed by the second and third sessions, respectively. This is largely reflected by the fact that I had a stronger bond with my Session 1 client since we had much in common. In contrast, my session evaluation score for Session 3 was the lowest (M=3.25) because I felt that I could not empathize with my client’s issue. Also my experience in Session 3 was affected by me getting distracted by own personal problems. Nevertheless, in all three sessions, I indicated that my client and I had a positive therapeutic