Counselling Session Reflection
Overall, I did an okay job facilitating the session. I believe that had strong moments for example the role paly. In addition, near the start of the session (5:50), I was able to go deeper with the client and explore her feeling of vulnerability. The client mentioned the feeling of losing, so I asked her to explore this further. When the client began to explore how it felt to lose she explained it felt vulnerable. When I confronted her about feeling vulnerable around her mother, she responded with, “absolutely.” The client and I had successful gone deeper, which I have not been able to due in a session thus far. I also feel as though I did a better job being concise in my responses. I did less rambling than the first two sessions, which I feel
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The client and I were able to explore her thoughts about forgiveness. In addition, she was not shy when sharing stories that frustrated her. Her stories were elaborate and included detail that showed she has thoroughly thought about each situation that affected her. We explored her past, present, and future. In addition, the client was able to express her feelings about her presenting concern. She often felt frustrated because she would bite her tongue in specific situations. In addition, she felt stuck because anytime she would get in a disagreement with someone she felt as though she could never forget it. The client experienced internal conflict with herself to avoid confrontation with others. By the third session, we had moved from surface emotions such as frustration, anger, and hurt to feeling as though she had lost and was vulnerable. Though, the client was able to explore her story from the cognitive and feeling level, the meaning level has not yet been explored. She still seemed confused as to why she got so angry with her mother, when her mother asked her questions because that is what the client thought she wanted. In addition, to the client, I felt as though I facilitated the client on the cognitive level. Most of my questions and paraphrases related to the details of the story. I had some trouble using reflections of
The client and I were able to explore her thoughts about forgiveness. In addition, she was not shy when sharing stories that frustrated her. Her stories were elaborate and included detail that showed she has thoroughly thought about each situation that affected her. We explored her past, present, and future. In addition, the client was able to express her feelings about her presenting concern. She often felt frustrated because she would bite her tongue in specific situations. In addition, she felt stuck because anytime she would get in a disagreement with someone she felt as though she could never forget it. The client experienced internal conflict with herself to avoid confrontation with others. By the third session, we had moved from surface emotions such as frustration, anger, and hurt to feeling as though she had lost and was vulnerable. Though, the client was able to explore her story from the cognitive and feeling level, the meaning level has not yet been explored. She still seemed confused as to why she got so angry with her mother, when her mother asked her questions because that is what the client thought she wanted. In addition, to the client, I felt as though I facilitated the client on the cognitive level. Most of my questions and paraphrases related to the details of the story. I had some trouble using reflections of