Social Work Reflective Analysis

I think that in these instances open questions were a better choice to make because at times reflection seemed to cause the client to pause and loose his direction. Or he may have needed to think more about how to respond. I found it difficult at several points in the interview to stay on topic because there was so much being stated by the client. I found it difficult to choose what to reflect on. I need to work on finding an opening where I can reflect without causing the client to pause. It does seem to me that some clients’ find it strange to answer reflections. I notice that in their facial language they seem to pause as if wondering why I am saying what they have just said, back to them. This may be my distorted perception of the effect
The first of which was to reflect his statements about change and growth and to highlight his opportunity to show how much he has changed his life. Some of this reflection seems to also be a paraphrase of his previous statements. After this reflection, I asked a closed question which seemed to “shut the door” on the hope I was trying to help him find. The second reflection was to bring awareness to how much he has processed his issues thus far. This followed a reflection of feeling. I think it would have been better if I would have separated the two different types of reflection. It might have given the client a clearer picture of how he is currently processing the issue. The third reflection was intended to shine some hope on his opportunity to show that he is a new person and has changed everything about himself. I personally do not think it would have went any further because the client does not seem to be ready to show his positive progress in recovery to an authority figure. Or it could be that the shame he feels is causing him to doubt his ability to make his case for an appeal. The last reflection of content was intended to summarize all the positive changes and growth the client has made in his life and discussed with me during our session. The intent was to shine a light on his growth in life and how he is currently working through the issues as we spoke. Two of these reflections helped the client by shining some
Explained the time frame and how I kept track of the interview. Described how I planned for the interview. Gave clear descriptions of my attending behaviors of eye contact, body language, vocal qualities, verbal tracking and pacing. Stated my observations of the client’s nonverbal, verbal behaviors and provided unique insight into my perception of the client’s discrepancies. By describing my use of open and closed ended questions, I pointed out why I did what I did, and the effects these questions had upon the interview and client. Stated my difficulties of staying on topic and gave the reasons why I found it difficult. Explained my use and rationale behind my reflection of feelings and content and gave the reasons why they did or did not work well in the interview and with the client. Pointed out the encouragers used during the interview and explained why I used too many during the interview. Lastly, I described the summaries I used and the rationale behind them. My intent in this evaluation was to point out what I did, right, wrong, how this effected the interview, and how I can improve my interviewing skills.
I did quite well for my first interview and pointed out many improvements that need to be made in my performance. I also pointed out what I did right and how it affected the interview. By pointing out my faults, actions and reactions of myself and the