How To Write A Reflective Interview With A Client

In my opinion, I did a good job about open ending and close ending questions. I tried to ask what I need to know about the client’s issue which was Depression. I used reflection, paraphrasing and summarizing during this session. I had a tendency to ask questions fast, I need to work on that. I will need to use more silence time after each question to give the client more time to think. When I watched the video, to me it seems like I push him to answer the questions fast.

The client appeared to be nervous and shy initially in the first session. As we continued the session and worked into the following session, the client was more open about her life and career aspirations. My impression of the client is that she is a rather intelligent, caring, and ambitious individual. She disclosed that she has Dyslexia but she has ambition and drive to get tasks accomplished. Mallory has an age appropriate level of functioning and is very “persistent” and a detailed organizer. She mentioned other strengths such as being able to talk to people and always being on task.

Working in the field of human services is a unique, yet rewarding career. Human services workers engage with diverse populations and carry different titles to include counselors, case managers, milieu therapists, social workers, etc. Regardless of what title a human service worker may hold, communication between a client and professional is vital. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a client from a particular background and address his presenting issues. It will review how I would interview my client to include specific communication techniques, ways I would establish a working relationship, discuss possible boundary issues, and recommendations or referrals to certain groups for this client.

The videos “Therapeutic Communication”, “Effective Listening”, and “Nonverbal Communication” created by Indiana University have the agreement that interviewers need to possess effective communication skill needed to conduct a proper interview. In order to have effective therapeutic communication the interviewer has to be aware of the different types of communication. The videos begins with an interview being conducted of a small group of students and experts on the matter giving concreate information and patient-based experience to answer questions.

One of the main tasks I was given was to help clients with their Medical applications. Many clients do not know how to apply, what they need, or where to go. Whenever an interested client calls in for information about Medical, I make an appointment for them to come in. I have had several interested clients, but in the end they change their mind or don’t come in. However, for the few clients I have helped it really has been a great experience. At first I was quite nervous and scared, because my parents take care of my medical papers and health insurance and I didn’t know anything about Medical. Yet, with the help of my supervisor I was able to ask her questions and express my hesitations. When I met with my first client I

In this interview was an effective interview using furthering to let the client understand the meaning of an alternative varieties support necessary for the depression. I was listening being responsiveness to the client’s movements and reaction by the nodding of the head and replying I understand. The Social work practice is vigorous and verbal conduct to counselling an individual. This the purpose of referring the client to a professional licensed psychologist to assist with the counseling aspect to open the door in a unique way in better assisting the client with other issue at this state.

I found that I need to make improvements in many respects. First, I need to improve my opening statement to make it more clearly and smoothly and give my client an open question to encourage her to talk about her issue. Moreover, I need to make an improvement on identifying specific emotions that clients are feeling. In this session, I failed to use “feeling” vocabulary to reflect her feelings and create an empathic environment. In addition, I need to learn not to let my own experience and judgement influence the helping process. For example, when my client was talking about how smoking habit took away her studying time, I was thinking, “exactly, bad habits always influence many students’ academic performance in a negative way.” Although I did not say it, I wanted to say this to help her feel accepted and understood. This may not what she was thinking, but I was thinking it because I have experienced it before. To effectively help people explore themselves, I should make an improvement in these

Particularly, I did not summarize enough. Upon listening to the recording, I feel that summarizing would have been beneficial at times, including after we completed the activity, when she spoke of her fight with her boyfriend, and after she explained her first panic attack. Further, I should have reflected meaning and feeling at various times throughout the session. Another problem I found throughout the session, was that I was not very clear or concise with my language. When I was explaining automatic thoughts I could tell the client was a bit confused and I was not direct with my statements. Also, some of the rewording of the client’s thoughts were not concise and it took some time to work through what I was thinking. I also used terms such as “automatic thoughts” and other technical terms that the client may not have understood. I also asked a few closed ended questions that would have been better used if I phrased them in an open way. Listening back to this session, emphasized my need to improve the language I use with clients so that is it exact and

By working on some of the attributes that were negative, I believe I will begin to see a change in not only myself, but the way that I interact with people. One of the main attributes that I could see affecting other people is being withdrawn. Changing the way, I present myself to people could have a major impact on how the people I am interacting with perceive what I am saying. By taking an active interest and being more outgoing, it could make colleagues and patients alike feel more comfortable with the conversation that we are having. One of my goals that I am setting for myself is to not only work on some of the negative attributes that other people said related to me, but also the negative ones that I picked for myself. There are two in particular that are related, one from the blind section, and one from the hidden section. These two attributes were introverted, and distant. I think of all the attributes that were stated these two are the most worth working on because they will help my carrier as a pharmacist the

The client self-reported that the current medication prescribed (Zyprexa 5mg, PO B.I.D) has not been helpful. The client stated "It hasn’t helped" and that "I still hear voices." Additionally, the client reported that he "blanks out" during conversions. This writer observed the client in group putting his finger in the air and moving his finger around in circles. It appears that he client could have been hallucinating.

During the session a strength that was pointed out what that I was able to reflect throughout the session and this is a strength because it showed that I am being assertive and being able to reflect back to the client everything they said and also expressing the same emotion that they told me back to them to show them what they are doing and so this shows them what emotion they are putting in with their words so that they know how they are feeling about a certain topic. I think this is a strength because they are able to show that I am not only listening but also taking in the

When I was in the social worker role I made sure to look at my client in the eye when they were speaking to me to validate that I was listening. While listening I made sure to listen actively by summarizing what the client was saying and remembered to say things that could reassure the client that I am trying to understand what they are feeling. Examples of this are phrases such as: “I hear what you are saying that you felt this way” and “I don’t know what you’re feeling but it must be hard on you to feel this way”. Which in turn also helped me create open ended questions to ask the client. By being an active listener and empathizing with the client it makes it easier to ask open ended questions because I have more information to work on than if I was not really listening or being sympathetic instead of empathetic. I can ask questions that can fill in any loop holes that might be able to help to understand my clients’ strengths or what their needs are. I am glad that I learned that I have these strengths as a social worker and how these strengths will be great tools to help my future

Some of the aspects that I feel like I could improve on include feeling more comfortable speaking in front of groups and feeling more confident in what I am saying, and not just going through the motions. This can play a role in how much eye contact I have with the group as well. The more comfortable I am with the information and the more confident

When conducting an interview I carefully read the contact with other. I knew I was interviewing someone from a different culture so I had to understand the ethnic community she was from which was Hispanic. I also was very focused on the professional self-disclosure because we were talking about a lot of personal things. I tried to humanize our relationship before I asked tough questions, this helps to create a sense of bonding. I was also very careful of my communication style, I always wanted to ask her questions in a positive manner and I was always actively listening to her responses.

Overall, I feel I improved from the first video session. I seemed more comfortable on camera. In addition, I felt that I let the client talk a lot more in this session. I remained silent for most of the session, speaking when I felt necessary. At the end of the session, my client’s response was cut off, for next session I will try to make sure to not stop the tape before the client responds.