Counselling Session

In response to, what did this session mean to you, this first counselling session meant a lot. To explain, this counselling session was the start of the counselling relationship formed between myself and the client. In reflecting on all of my past experiences involving the start of a relationship, especially that of a professional relationship, the success or lack thereof, of this first interaction, (e.g. the vibe throughout the interaction, the feeling of comfort between myself and the other party, so on and so forth), had a significant effect on the relationship from that point forward. For example, it often determined how often I reached out to that individual for their help, what sorts of things I asked for their assistance for, and so on. To take this one step further, I am sure at one point or another it may have influenced whether or not I continued to have a relationship with the discussed individual.
Thus, I took it very seriously. To explain, I came into the session with a mindset similar to that of the one I had for the transcript assignment for the Helping Interview class, the only difference having to do with the requirements of the session itself as it was neither observed nor recorded for the purposes of the instructor in order to look for errors or missing components. My point here being that regardless of this substantial difference, I continued to made a point to go through the session as if the above components were still in position and/or I was conducting a real counselling session, making sure to go through all of the stages of the helping interview as appropriate, in addition to touching on the various micro skills as