Counseling Session Reflection

The counseling experience with Marcel was challenging, flfilling and unique. Marcel at my first glance seemed like a timid, and quiet type of person. The way he

walked into the room, his body language from his head hanging down, so immediately finding a

spot on the couch seemed eager to finish the session quickly.

The first session, the first impression is essential to me. The more information I retain in the session will be the normal questions such as his current mind frame of his interest levels about things. The rules were discussed in first 15 minutes of the session.

Before I began the counseling session. I respectfully offered a beverage or snack to Marcel. The effective way of counseling is more from a natural circumstance. I believe this is considered as being a door opener. This should occur within the first ten minutes into the session. I want the client to be relaxed and free to speak about

anything he wants.
The first counseling session went through the standard protocols of rules.

Rules included confidentiality, waivers and what to expect throughout the sessions.Confidentiality is an ethical concern. The fundamental intent is to protect a client's right to privacy by ensuring that matters disclosed to a professional not be relayed to others without the informed consent of the client. The right of the client to make sure that they feel safe and continue to engage with the counselor during sessions is Confidentiality.

Counselors who operate from culturally biased views of mental health and who use intervention strategies that are not congruent with the values of culturally diverse people perpetuate forms of injustice and institutional racism (Duran et al.,2008). The client must feel accepted by the counselor in order to proceed in counseling. These standards are guided by the respect of ethical and confidentiality.

Marcel seemed noticeable disinterested about his reasoning into coming to counseling. My first attempt was to use the rest of the session to learn about

my
client. In order to understand him better, I decided to run the session as an interview. Asking
questions will force him to reply and this will share the information I need to obtain by him.
My first question to Marcel was his purpose for coming to counseling? His response was
clueless by the delay he took to answer. He responded with shrugged shoulders of having no
clue why? I understand that he was referred by his counselor to come. Dealing
with a client that is denial possibly will be a tough task to treat him properly due to his
cooperation.
The next questions focused on his hobbies from Art, and music to food.
These particular questions helps with the client rapport relationship. This shows respect and
genuine interest in my Client. I believe his favorite food was casserole and peas. The musical
was made up a variety of musical artists from different genres.
That question seemed to spark Marcel to be open. His entnuasim for the rest of the session seemed as if was interested in more questions. This initiated more dialogue with Marcel. His shyness quickly disappeared and his energy quickly roused up.
The last 30 minutes of session went from a interview, to a biography explained about his life. He volunteered eventually to speak about his life. My tactic was to use effective listening then on. He explained his current struggle with addiction to drugs and Alcohol. He had no regrets on speaking about the matter firsthand.
Marcel recalls his first sexual experience with a man caused him to feel ashamed. The emotions of fear, pain and betrayal caused him to not to trust people. '' Nobody should have to go through anything that harmful he said.'' "I would not wish that on my worse enemy.''
I decided to end the session after that statement due to time constraints. The last minutes I decided on some key factors about the counseling session.Marcel survived by becoming involved in sexual relationships with older men, many of whom were also abusive. That information he shared I will start with in the next session to see if it has any connection to his addictions.
What is the significance of early recollections of his life? The second session will be about the beginning of his life. Remembering his childhood will help recover the person that he is. The second counseling session is about giving Marcel a voice. The first five minutes i will invite Marcel into my office with the offer to have a beverage and snack. This will bring consistency and warm welcoming into the session.
As mention before this is my way for allowing Marcel to be comfortable to speak. Marcel energy was more upbeat in comparison to the previous session. He came into the room with a smile and a eagerness to begin. I first asked him how day is going? his response was ''Terriffic! He explains that our first counseling session helped him to open up to more ways to be treated about his Addictions.
The next 25 minutes, I quickly went into the questions about family life. His father abused drugs, mascline personality and physique he described him as. He was nt strict on Marcel due to his constant drug abse but will be abusive in his discpline way. He recalls being afraid to do anything around his father without being hurt in some way.
His mothers' relation is non-existent he felt betrayed by her. He wished things could improve in order for him to be more concern about her child, then abusing drugs with Marcel's father. He did not understand the power of drugs d obver his family until he began using.