Practicum Meeting Reflection

Introduction

For this assignment, I decided to record the conversation with my practicum partner, Hanna. She is a university student who faced issues with handling a difficult sister who is not very accepting of Hanna’s boyfriend. I will emphasize the pertinent parts of my conversation with her based on the application of skills, knowledge and attitude I gained from in-class discussions, past role-plays and practicum sessions. This video assignment also serves as a platform to apply the skills, knowledge and provide areas for improvement for future peer helping situations.

Rationale for choosing Hanna as my client

Given that Hanna and I had several practicum sessions prior to this assignment, I thought it will be beneficial for me to choose

This was apparent mainly in the initial part where I went on to ask another question even before the first one was answered. For instance, I greeted her and continued talking before she could respond to my greetings. On one hand, it could mean that I was overzealous to start the peer helping conversation. But I couldn’t deny the other view where it could also mean that I was impatient and I was more concerned with the professional aspect rather than incorporating the aspect of social concern. After reflecting on the video, I realized I should have waited for an answer before proceeding. This clearly showed that my attending skills were affected especially in the contextual perspective (Maguire and Pitceathly, 2002). One of the contextual attending skills that I was lacking was the ability to welcome efficiently and make her comfortable hence making her feel uneasy at the start. From this, I learnt to be more patient and think through my responses internally before speaking to my client. Alternatively, I could have used silence to think carefully of what I wish to express before sharing it with my