Mock Therapy During this mock therapy session, I played the role of the therapist and Lysa played the role of my client who was seeking therapy services. Lysa is a middle aged married woman who reports that she has three grown children and two grandchildren. Lysa reports that she works full time but she reports that her schedule makes her go in early and get off early. Lysa reported that she was feeling depressed as there were many things that have changed in her life recently and she felt that she was unable to live up to her own expectations of herself, others expectations of her, and she reported that she was overall feeling lonely. Lysa reported that some of the changed in her life included her husband’s schedule change, her grandchildren
Describe your client and what you believe are their current presenting issues. The client is s a nine year old male in the third grade. He lived with his mother Carol and stepfather for a period of time. He currently is living in a foster home as result of his emotionally disturbed behavior. Jason presenting problem is whether he should stay in his current placement, move to an alternative setting, or return home.
He’d say I had to move on from this for everyone, including my clients and self. He would be proud of how I’ve become a better individual since I gained the endurance to multi-task, focus, and deal with problems that come my way with less fear, especially as a single parent.” In the end the occupation of counseling influenced upon Awilda by her mother many years ago has affected her negatively and positively.
Therapist met with the client for individual therapy at school. Therapist did a check in regards to symptoms, mood, thoughts, emotions, coping skills, the goals that he achieved, and behaviors since the last session. Therapist processed the client's negative thoughts. Therapist used open-ended questions to address any concerns the client may have. Therapist encouraged the client to keep motivated during the stressful time, especially when he has negative thoughts, which stats usually with negative thoughts, argue with his sisters, or with his aunt, or if he has been triggered by any internal or external thoughts.
My client has come a long way from her first counseling session. I think she is motivated to make changes because she believes she can. Also, staying active has helped her to live a healthy and happier life, which also helps to keep her mentally aligned. There are two changes I would like to make in the last two counseling sessions. These changes include helping my client manage expectations and to create/develop more realistic
Phase One (Sessions 1 through 3) • The session 1 and 2 consists of the assessment of the client’s clinical problems and background information. Questions relate to her clinical problems, including (a) the nature of her problems (depression and difficulty with making decisions), (b) reason of seeking psychotherapy, and (c) previous attempts to deal with the problems. For the background information, the client’s histories are assessed in the areas of intimate/family relationship, educational/vocational activities, past history of psychological treatment, and physical condition. Session 3 primarily consists on the further functional assessment around her coping skills (e.g., avoidance) in the areas of interpersonal relationships. Phase Two
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1. What was the issue brought in by the client? What other issues came up as the therapist and client talked? The client initially went to talk about being stressed at school.
This semester has been an ongoing challenge for me but has been an enjoyable one and I have not been presented with any impossible tasks. I have never been much of a writer, and during the course of this semester, I 've struggled to meet length requirements on the assigned essays. However, I do understand that not everyone is an excellent writer or even has to enjoy writing to get a good grade in this 1A class. From the start, with the first essay, I pushed myself to do my best and looked to multiple outlets to polish my writing, such as the online tutor, the writing center, the internet and the writer 's handbook.
From the ideas and techniques that Mrs. Perez used, I realized how these interviews could be helpful if utilized and applied in the proper way. To me, this assignment was the best and it helped me further my development and growth as a future mental health counselor. The most interesting and educative aspect of this interview was how Mrs. Perez applied most of the counseling techniques, such motivational stage that we have been taught in class. Aspects such as paraphrasing the words of your clients, tone, and facial expressions are critical in a counseling session and students always overlook these techniques. The way Mrs. Perez employed according to her explanation was excellent and her ideas justified the importance of such points in any counseling session.
To meet the needs of the client, more information is needed that was not outlined in the assessment. Additional information is needed regarding the seven year break between noticeable depression symptoms since her first diagnoses/episode to her current episode. A questioning assessment would be completed in order to see if client had recurring symptoms that went unnoticed during the last seven years or did she use coping skills to assist with any symptoms. It would be important to gather more information on her use of learned coping skills during recent depressive episode. I would also gather more information from Suzy, why she decided to not start back on her medication after the birth of her child.
Part D: Development as a Psychologist This internal practical internship offered me an opportunity to focus on using the knowledge and skills acquired during the related courses on behavior training with children and cognitive behavior therapy with adolescents to practice my therapeutic work as a child and adolescent psychologist and a chance to see how psychological therapies (behavior training and cognitive behavior therapy) could be delivered in different settings. At first, I found it challenging to work independently and decide what to do and when to do it. More specifically, during CBT+ component I was challenged by working with a depressive adolescent and applying my skills and knowledge on the “spot”. On the other hand, my
Counselling is a talking therapy that involves interactive relationship of client and counsellor. Counselling offers opportunity for clients to talk to the counsellor about their problems and feelings in a confidential environment. A counsellor generally helps the clients to see things from a different perspective and find their own solutions based on their own beliefs. The main aim is to enable the clients to develop a better understanding of self and be able to make changes to cope with difficulties in their lives, by reaching their own decisions and act upon them accordingly to develop a satisfying life.
History The strengths based practice model puts to use an individual’s personal strengths to aid in recovery, empowerment, and a humanistic notion that people can change and grow (Hepworth et al, 2013, p.274). The strength based practice approach also focuses on a person’s strengths and self-determination. The goal of this model is to build upon inherent strengths of a family or individual that is being assessed. The strengths perspective demands a different way of looking at people, communities and even families in which the social worker seeks to develop in their client the natural abilities and capabilities needed to improve their situation (Saleebey & Dennis, 1996).
I can consider my professional development experience in two parts: Before I became a teacher and after I became a teacher. During my teacher education at university I used to imagine myself as the teacher of that lesson and I used to try to draw some tips for my future job. I observed my teachers’ way of teaching, their rapport with students and their reactions. I always commented on why or why not they behave in that specific way and search for examples to be applied in my future job as a teacher. I believe that these observations provided me with some valuable and conclusive clues for my job.
Reflective essay This reflective essay is going to discuses about the learning outcomes of interdisciplinarity and environment subject; I have been studied in the second semester 2014. Further, in this reflective essay i would elaborate the strength and weaknesses of knowledge practises and challengers to be faced while working on collaboration and integration of cross disciplinary knowledge practise in environmental decision making. For that i would incorporate my experiences in which i have been working as a researcher in a socio economic field of knowledge. In addition to that i might incorporate knowledge i gained from the lectures, tutorials, reading materials and gathered experiences from group activities in this subject as well as others.