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Role-Play Reflection: Solution-Focused Therapy Angelique Vasquez School of Social Work, Capella University SWK5014: Advanced Generalist Social Work Practice Professor Brian Roland February, 2024

1 Role-Play Reflection: CBT Present and participating individuals Present during the group role play was myself Angelique Vasquez, Jessica Range, Katie Jo Walker, and Kathleen Winkelmann. As a team we created four rounds of role play to ensure each learner was given a chance to play each role. Round 1: Katie Jo was the social worker, Jessica played the client, Kathleen was the observer and Angelique was the time keeper. Round 2: Jessica was the social worker, Kathleen played the client, Angelique was the observer and Katie Jo was the time keeper. Round 3: Angelique was the social worker, Katie Jo played the client, Jessica Range was the observer and Kathleen was the time keeper. Round 4: Kathleen was the social worker, Angelique played the client, Katie Jo was the observer and Jessica Range was the time keeper. Theories or Interventions Within our small group role play, learners used Solution-focused therapy and the following interventions: Miracle Question, Exception Questions, Scaling Questions, and Coping Questions. Solution-focused therapy builds on the strengths and resources clients have to help them develop solutions that uniquely fit them and their circumstances (Northwest Brief Therapy Training Center, 1995). Malcolm Payne, explains that “useful experiences (called ‘exceptions’) are hidden by difficulties and offer us openings to create new strategies for moving forward, forget the past and the problems, focus on the future and the answers” (Payne, 2020). When the presenting social workers used the miracle question, it was used to ask the client to imagine a possible world where the problem or problems were removed. From there the

2 social worker had the client identify what would be different, and to expand on how different the client would feel being that the issue was resolved. When using the Exception Questions, the social worker identified with the client that no matter how problematic situations may be, there are always things that are working, and this would lead into discussions on what actions and ways of thinking that are working for the client and how it can be applied to other problematic situations. Scaling questions were utilized to help assess the readiness and confidence for the client. After rating, the social worker then leads the discussion to translate the rating into action- talk. Coping questions, help the client notice times when they are coping with their problems and what it is they are doing at those times when they are successfully coping. The social worker implementing exception questions, allowed the client to identify times when they were expected to feel angry and the feeling didn’t happen, or at least not to the degree they had expected to happen. The questions asked using this intervention reflected the belief that problems are solved by focusing on what is already working and how the client is successfully coping with a previous challenge. In the role of the client, you are given the opportunity to experience what a real-life client would need to process using these theories and interventions. In the role of the observer, I was able to witness mistakes I had previously made and the other learners made when we would say “um” a lot or when we accidentally caught off the client speaking when a thought wasn’t complete. A skill that I have learned from this week is how to navigate setting short-term goals with a client. This is a skill I need to continue developing as part of my critique was that I struggle with suggesting some short-term solutions for the client when they stated that they do not know how to fix their issue. I will continue to develop my knowledge of theories and interventions to

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