Personal Narrative-Evaluation: My Great Strengths

When working with all clients there is a need as a practitioner to use techniques that incorporate, promote a therapeutic relationship. While these may be presented differently with each client the practitioners need to be using three main skills. These are using Unconditional positive regard, being genuine with clients always and while you may not have waked in a similar situation as your client, the use of empathy supports the therapeutic relationship.

This first topic will be a reflection of content that has been applied to and the strengths of the roleplay. The very start of the therapy process from the point to meeting a client is very important to engage the therapeutic alliance (Wener, et al., 2015, p. 312). A way to start engaging with the alliance is by presenting an open and respectful manner to the client, during the role play this initial phrase was

I have three things I want you to know about me. The first thing I want you to know about me is that I’m shy. The second thing is that I don’t like sitting in the front row, I like to sit in the middle or back. The third thing is that I don’t like being called on a lot.

Rapport is built from a trusting, honest, and authentic relationship, which strengthens the therapeutic bond in order to reach goals and maintain treatment. Moreover, the use of verbal encouragement and reflection of feelings is helpful for strengthening the alliance (Sharpley, Tabary-Collins, Bates, Lee, & Fairne, 2000). Additionally, rapport is associated with better positive client outcomes due to the therapist-client interaction and is more important than the type of treatment being applied (Sharpley, et.al., 2000). An example, of when to employ these methods is when clients are at high risk to include complicated disorders such as borderline personality disorders. Many times a clinician will have to work with clients that are going through a lot of pain, traumatic moments, death, personal doubts, and professional risks that will require using the above methods to build rapport and overcome barriers (Geller & Greenberg,

Furthermore, Dryden (2008) has shown on interpersonal styles. The idea is that the degrees of interaction between therapist and client can always be modified either when the fit is poor or even when the fit is too abundant and inappropriate. For instance, Dryden has described a dynamic fit when the therapist’s behavior is dominant and friendly while the client’s behavior is submissive and friendly. On the other hand, if the therapist’s behavior is passive and neutral while the client’s behavior is too submissive and hostile, then an unproductive fit is established. Here, the responsibility of the therapist is to be aware of the situation and be able to adjust his own behavior to match with the client’s. The therapist should also be aware of the client’s change in their interactive style to establish a strong and firm therapeutic alliance (Dryden, 2008). In fact, it is significant to know that clients who behave themselves in a

When a therapist first meets with a new client it’s necessary to establish several things in order to know whether they can work together. These include background and personal circumstances of the client, previous experiences (if any) of therapy, medical and psychiatric history and very importantly, why they are seeking therapy.

The second day of my practice I felt that I had made some progress towards my goals of improving my time management and getting my documenting done earlier and providing relevant healing initiatives for my client.

Hi iam Edgardo Flores i was born in casa grande, az not that far away from our state capital,Phoenix, Az.theres nothing better to do in a hot summer than going out with the friends to a lake and have a blast riding jet skis boats and my favorite, swimming!My activites of the day are shooting,riding horses,and my favorite one is quad riding.Thats right! ive been doing these fun exciting hobbies since i was 9 years old.pretty young huh?

When it comes to my strengths and weaknesses, I have only noticed a few. I sure as time goes on and I have worked in the field and have more experiences under my belt I will notice more. One of my strengths has been apparent to me for quite some time and that my compassion and eagerness to help. I believe I am a very compassionate person who has a genuine interest in helping people and I am also very intuitive and perceptive. I have a knack for helping people come to realizations in such a way that they believe they figured it out all on their own and have a way of motivating people to do things. One of my major challenges is that I can become emotionally invested in people I try to help. I have to

My writing abilities have gotten me by in the business environments that I have found myself in. That being said, I lack skill in formal writing. Because I took a clep test that exempted me from English Composition I and II in college, my experience in writing has been limited over the past four years. Furthermore, my major, Geomatics, does not demand a large amount of technical writing which has further limited my exposure to technical writing

As Will recently mentioned in a previous blogpost, 'uncondtional positive regard and genuine warmth are the best relationship building tools we have.' As research strongly suggests, relationship factors (alliance) between therapist and client make up to 30% of the key elements for positive outcomes. Studies also suggest that a huge number of people report

Moreover, Kaslow, Grus, Campbell, & Fouad, et al. (2009) stated that the client/therapist relationship is built on trust and kindness, empathy, and positive regard. Interpersonal and professional relationships are key. Affective skills are based on personal and cultural context (Kaslow, et al. 2009).

Caroline, my sister, is the type of person who loves animals and says she wants to save the world. She thinks her jokes are the best, but she’s the only one that laughs. She is always willing to help someone out if they are stuck. She knows how to put a smile on someone's face. Whenever Caroline answers the phone, even if it wakes her from a nap, she always smiles first and then talks. “Because a smile can change any meaning” she always says. She is a 20 year old junior at “UW-Madison for my undergraduate degree in anthropology with certificates in archaeology and classics” (C. Schlinsog, Personal Interview, May 31, 2017). She is very smart, she is taking summer classes so she can graduate early and go on to graduate school. She has a big future ahead of her.

Branching from this is what I also believe to be my second strength: having genuine hope. I’ve been fortunate to work at being an optimistic individual, often times relating myself to the “hope” bird that is mentioned in Emily Dickinson’s poem “Hope is the thing with feathers.” Because of this, I’ve had the fortune to experience the positive emotions as well, something which I believe is important when working with clients as I think it’s a common occurrence where hope and happiness are often thought of as a distant memory when times are

Throughout my life, I feel like I have been pretty successful. I have been able to accomplish some of my personal goals, while both being able to give back to my community and plan for my future. I hope that my with the success I have had already, will help me have an even more successful life in the future.