Third Counseling Reflection
. Overall, the third counseling session went really well. I did not feel any nervousness that I had felt in the previous sessions since I am comfortable with my client. Based on the feedback I received from the observer in session two, I made a concentrated effort to do more reflection of feeling. That was something I have struggled with in the past sessions with my client. I learned that being a counselor involves a great deal of patience. My client provided me with a great deal of information all at once and I had to be patient to pull out the underlying meaning and important details in his story.
2. When the session had ended, I felt happy with how I did since I received great feedback from my observer and I felt like the session flowed …show more content…
I believe that I listened and responded appropriately to my client. The way I know this is because he would affirm that I had paraphrased or summarized his story correctly. Also, in this session I used reflection of content, meaning, and feeling to demonstrate to my client I was listening. The other way I showed the client I was listening to him was by using minimal encouragers and by connecting content from previous sessions to the current one.
4. The one skill I wish I would have used more was reflection of feeling. I was happy that I was able to improve on this skill compared to the second session, however, I would have liked to use this skill a bit more. I also did not practice confrontation in this session. In this session, I was able to use reflection of feeling, content, meaning, and minimal encouragers. Also, I was able to practice a little bit of goal setting at the end of the session with my client.
5. One personal experience that came into play when working with the client was I had a similar experience after Fall Break. Just like my client, I have a long commute to school and after break, it was difficult completing that drive. Also, my client discussed being exhausted that first week back which was something I also struggled with. I was able to relate to the client’s struggle of getting back into the school routine and it allowed me to empathize and connect with my
2. When the session had ended, I felt happy with how I did since I received great feedback from my observer and I felt like the session flowed …show more content…
I believe that I listened and responded appropriately to my client. The way I know this is because he would affirm that I had paraphrased or summarized his story correctly. Also, in this session I used reflection of content, meaning, and feeling to demonstrate to my client I was listening. The other way I showed the client I was listening to him was by using minimal encouragers and by connecting content from previous sessions to the current one.
4. The one skill I wish I would have used more was reflection of feeling. I was happy that I was able to improve on this skill compared to the second session, however, I would have liked to use this skill a bit more. I also did not practice confrontation in this session. In this session, I was able to use reflection of feeling, content, meaning, and minimal encouragers. Also, I was able to practice a little bit of goal setting at the end of the session with my client.
5. One personal experience that came into play when working with the client was I had a similar experience after Fall Break. Just like my client, I have a long commute to school and after break, it was difficult completing that drive. Also, my client discussed being exhausted that first week back which was something I also struggled with. I was able to relate to the client’s struggle of getting back into the school routine and it allowed me to empathize and connect with my