Counseling Session Analysis

In the coaching discussion it was not said that my conduct was not meeting expectations, but not allow myself to be in situations where it appears I’m being insubordinate.

However, Before I even started going into the counseling program. I had the goal to make sure I knew where to draw the line when it comes to helping as a friend and helping as a counselor. Admittedly, I learned this from my own parents growing up as my dad was a licensed counselor and social worker. He knew where to draw the line for himself. As far as myself, being in the counseling program, I naturally do have a strong desire to help individuals by guiding them to make sure they can find their own strength to take control of their own lives, live a more stress-free, and positive well-being life. However, whenever I find myself talking with my friends about their problems or feelings I will always make sure to never go any further than my

One of the most interesting aspects of developing a mind for the mental health field is being able to evaluate, understand, and cope with the obstacles of daily living in a healthier way. Growing up, I was told that I was a happy child that did well in school and got along with others. As I got older, I was told that I was a moody teen that slacked in school and became distant from others. Starting college I was told that I was a miserable adult with no motivation for school and kept away from others. By the end of college, I was told that I was a bright young lady that would go far in life and was able to approach others. When I took a look back and broke down my life into smaller sections, I acquired the need to figure out what made my life the way it was then, and also how it changed to be what it is today. I learned that without evaluating the core of what was happening to me as a person, the people in my environment based my value on what they could only see on the surface. When that happened, I also began to base my value on the words that were told to me. I knew the life that I wanted for myself, but at the same time I did not know how to get there.

It is crucial for school counselors to be able to measure growth in students who participate in the group counseling. Therefore, students were given a pre-evaluation (see Appendix O) to establish their thoughts, feelings, and views on how they perceive themselves, and how they related themselves in area of self-esteem. After completion of the sessions, the students were administered a post-evaluation (see Appendix P). This valuable information helped see potential growth in students after completing the group counseling sessions.

After reviewing my second video, I witnessed the growth in me applying counseling techniques. At the beginning of the session, I asked Ashley about her day. I noticed that her answer was a one-word answer, therefore, I asked her to walk me through her day. I am developing different techniques in asking my future students open-ended questions. Another technique I portrayed was recapping the last session to my client and asking her how she felt about completing the task she agreed to accomplish. Recapping shows the client that you do think their concerns and worries are important and how they feel is important. In my opinion, the client will begin to development a sense of trust with the counselor if they believe that the counselor cares about

When I first started this assignment, I was very scared about the outcome and how well I would do. I had never recorded myself while doing a counseling session and I was afraid of what I would discover. I had a cascade of thoughts going through my mind, “What if I say something wrong? What if there is too much silence in the session? What if I mess them up more? And What if I cant actively listen for 50 minutes?” But, as I started each sessions, I remembered things I had learned in class that helped with my anxiety. Throughout this entire process and semester I heave learned things about myself, I have seen what works and what doesn't, and I have realized what I need to

I am looking for someone who is wanting to receive free counseling sessions. I am in my last year in graduate school for Clinical Mental Health at LU. I am currently a student which means that I do not attain a license, but I have been in training for about 6 years in human behavior. If you are interested I would love to talk to you in more detail, all you have do to is PM me and say you are interested and I can share some more details into what you can expect. Thank you

In my introductory counseling sessions I was able to ask my client several of these questions. In my introductory session I asked Jean what brought her to speak with me. Note taking is to be done after the first session unless you are writing down positive things to reinforce back to the client. There is only a break in the first session if needed, anything else would be inappropriate. After my first session I was able to reflect on our notes in preparation for my second session. In my second session with her I asked her what else could be done in regard to making her comfortable to speaking with professionals in the future. As Jean was thinking about goals I also asked her to tell me what else had been changing since the beginning sessions. They questions really helped me to gain perspective through the client’s eyes.

This paper will reflect the practice session taping seven that was completed for this course. In this reflection, I will showcase my weaknesses and strengths from the taping for the advancement of my counseling skills. This reflection will be a guide to the process and assess the skills that I need to improve for the future.

Going into this second skills practice activity, I was less anxious than the very first one that we completed. This session included Dana, Anthoneek, Margaret and myself. I think having gone through the process before, as well as having spent half a semester with the content, I was much more prepared this time around. While this session was easier, I still faced a few challenges. I had to build upon previous skills that I’d already implemented with newer ones. For example, using skills to gain information was something I worked to incorporate in my session as a counselor. I also tried to ask appropriate and helpful questions to support my “client.” Therefore, using these recently learned skills in combination with proper opening and closing procedures, and basic skills proved a little challenging in the beginning.

In this article the author wanted to review the material and terms when practicing online counseling. The author wanted to focus on the characteristics used and eligibility criteria when preforming online counseling on other individuals. Overall, the purpose for this research was to gain a better understanding on the impact e-counseling had and its effectiveness.

There have also been concepts with I have been exposed to informally, and now formally which has solidified my experience in which I reflect back upon. While I do pride myself in my ability to communicate as well as listen, this course has helped me refocus my attention to not be so ready to interject my ideas or suggestions as a counselor. Our class discussions on active listening have helped dust off the shelves and cobwebs that have collected, to refocus attention on skills that I have neglected for some

First Session Summary Summaries are used to clarify client comments, provide feedback and demonstrate that the counsellor listened and understood the client fully. I summarised using both factual information and Charlie’s subjective experience at the beginning of the session, to recap and orientate Charlie to the key points from the first session. I felt that the summary was done well. It summarised the major points of the first session, such as the panic attack and the subjective feelings of failure and worthlessness. I do however think that my speech was disjointed and did not flow as well as it could have.

D-The patient arrived on time for her counseling session. Reported stable on her dose and deny the need to alter her methadone dose, referring to an increase or decrease when offered by this writer. This writer addressed with the patient about her behavior in the lobby area on 07/11/2016 for the Women's Group. The patient immediately apologized and did not realize that she was being inappropriate with comment about leaving and not attending group, even though she volunteered, but how she could have handle it differently. The patient started to get emotional and apologized. She says, " You know what, I am just going to shut up from now on....I am so sorry....never wanted to be rude to you. You always been kind to me. I got clean because of you."

The following is an evaluation and critical analysis of a 25 minute counselling session, titled Travel broadens the mind: An interview with ‘Jane’ on the 30/04/2016. A Rogerian style of counselling was used as this involves congruence or genuineness, empathy and unconditional positive regard (Geldard & Geldard, 2012) an analysis of the interview in respect to these aspects is discussed .This structure of the interview was influenced by a review of different counselling microskills and was loosely based on the Counselling Interview Rating Form (CIRF) developed by (Russel-Chapine & Shermin, 2000) which breaks a counselling session into the 5 phases of: opening, exploration, the action phase, problem solving and Closing. A partnership model was used in the interview and is evaluated using the characteristics of partnership defined by Davis, (2002). As Barnes and Rowe (2013) define partnership as a strengthening and enabling process the interview is also analysed for these characteristics