• Problem: Ms. B states she is too shy to find new social/friendship relationships
Goal: To utilize her social skills to cultivate new friendships on campus.
Process: Join a culture club, choir or school organization.
Therapeutic Techniques
Considering there was only two sessions with Ms. B, I felt I had utilized the basic helping skills, which helped me attempt a combination of client-centered, and psychodynamic therapies into the sessions. Most of the basic skills used were active listening, asking open-ended questions along with restating feelings and emotions with unconditional positive regard. During the beginning of the first session, these techniques encouraged a touch of client-centered therapy; which allowed Ms. B to speak freely about her past, passions, family including her relationship with God and purpose in life. By being empathetic and reflecting her feelings along with providing minimal feedback, I noticed the client was led to speak more about herself. Even after she did not want to talk about the main issue at hand, she was still comfortable to talk about other factors in her life; which led me to pursue a psychoanalytic …show more content…
After reflecting after each session along with viewing the recordings, I noticed I need to be more in tuned with active listening. For example, I was missed a couple of contradictions Ms. B had stated and I did not recognize it until after the fact. I also need to learn when to assess further exploration or perhaps challenging instead. When Ms. B was sharing about things that were important for her, I missed how her body language and eye contact had changed. Along with lacking of observing body language, I need to concentrate on speaking and phrasing questions clearly. I also recognized that I need to allow the client to speak freely without interruptions including accepting moments of
Goal: To utilize her social skills to cultivate new friendships on campus.
Process: Join a culture club, choir or school organization.
Therapeutic Techniques
Considering there was only two sessions with Ms. B, I felt I had utilized the basic helping skills, which helped me attempt a combination of client-centered, and psychodynamic therapies into the sessions. Most of the basic skills used were active listening, asking open-ended questions along with restating feelings and emotions with unconditional positive regard. During the beginning of the first session, these techniques encouraged a touch of client-centered therapy; which allowed Ms. B to speak freely about her past, passions, family including her relationship with God and purpose in life. By being empathetic and reflecting her feelings along with providing minimal feedback, I noticed the client was led to speak more about herself. Even after she did not want to talk about the main issue at hand, she was still comfortable to talk about other factors in her life; which led me to pursue a psychoanalytic …show more content…
After reflecting after each session along with viewing the recordings, I noticed I need to be more in tuned with active listening. For example, I was missed a couple of contradictions Ms. B had stated and I did not recognize it until after the fact. I also need to learn when to assess further exploration or perhaps challenging instead. When Ms. B was sharing about things that were important for her, I missed how her body language and eye contact had changed. Along with lacking of observing body language, I need to concentrate on speaking and phrasing questions clearly. I also recognized that I need to allow the client to speak freely without interruptions including accepting moments of