Interviewer’s responses are an important principle in the interviewing process, just like many other standards that are involved such as interpersonal influence and attraction. The interview is meant to be purposeful, responsible and goal directed, and the assessor’s responses greatly influence the achievement of these objectives. These responses can either be characterized as effective or avoided (ineffective). Examples and discussion of both types of responses will be given for a list of statements made by a client during an interview that will depict how it could affect the conversation. Once the examples and discussion have been explained, my thoughts will be shared on why the clinical interview is such an important component of a psychological …show more content…
These statements are likely to impede the interviewee, and by “by judging others, we put them on guard because we communicate the message, ‘“I don’t approve of this aspect of you”’ (Kaplan & Saccuzzo, 2018). This could affect the interviewer’s goal of obtaining data about the subject because of their angst to reveal information. Instead, the interviewer could use an effective response such as an open-ended question. These types of questions keep the interview flowing, and as a result, can reveal deeper information to better understand the interviewee. An example of an open-ended question in this context would be, “What’s your occupational history like?” This enables the conversation to continue in a two-way process and not come to a …show more content…
Although this reassurance may come from a good place, it should always be avoided as it originates from a place of falsehood. In this case, it is not known if the client is blaming the loss on everyone but himself or the team as a whole, but regardless, the necessary steps to fixing the situation are not being put in place and instead a helpless falsehood takes its place. Since the interviewee is describing how they feel, then the optimal response would be an empathetic of understanding response. “This response communicates that the interviewer understands how the interviewee feels” (Kaplan & Saccuzzo, 2018). The logic behind a genuine empathetic response is that it allows for the person to talk about or delve deeper into their psyche even
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The therapist must be aware of individual values and beliefs in order to develop an understanding of why the client responds to certain life-stressors. For e...
I let my client tell me how he felt about illness based on his own values and beliefs. I also used therapeutic communication techniques such as general lead, listening, sitting at eye level with the client etc. to make this as comfortable as possible for him. I think I was appropriate and very successful at retrieving my client’s beliefs about illness and sickness without pressuring him too much. In the future when conducting an interview with another person about their culture, I would use the same techniques and approach as I found it to be very successful, and my client was very comfortable and established a trust worthy relationship with him regarding his illness based on his cultural beliefs and values. This interview contributed in preparing me for the future and also gave me insight on how to conduct a successful cultural assessment without making assumptions. I learned that every culture is unique and has somewhat of a similarity to other cultures, but one must never assume before doing a thorough assessment. This also prepared me in being more culturally competent while providing care to clients and their families from different cultures and
Motivational interviewing is based on a client centered approach to therapy that uses open-ended questions, affirmation, reflective listening and summaries to help the client recognize the pros and cons of change and their reasons for resisting change thereby eliminating their ambivalence about change. Once the client deals with their ambivalence the Miller and Rollick believe that the client will be able to make the necessary changes. In addition, motivational interviewing gets the client to argue for change not the counselor. Furthermore, the client not the counselor is responsible for their progress.
Motivational interviewing is an important technique and counseling style that was created by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick in the 1980’s. The brief definition of motivational interviewing (MI) that is provided by Miller and Rollnick in their influential text is “a collaborative conversation style for strengthening a person’s own motivation and commitment to change” (Miller & Rollnick, 2013). Motivational interviewing is considered to be a style that evolved from client-centered therapy. The style is considered to be empathic but requires the counselor to consciously directive so that they may help their client resolve the ambivalence they are experiencing and direct them towards change. The important thing to note is that client autonomy is key to the process (Hettema, Steele, & Miller, 2005). However, despite being able to currently give a definition of MI, one that could be considered a working definition, motivational interviewing is “a living, evolving method” (Miller & Rollnick, 2009). It will continue to evolve as times change and it is implemented in use with other maladaptive behaviors. MI is a relatively new style that it still has the ability to undergo changes to adapt to what purpose it is serving (Miller & Rollnick, 2009).
I decided to pursue clinical psychology for the professional development interview because it is very fascinating to
The Egan Model of counseling can be integrated into one of the principles of psychiatric nursing called motivational interviewing. Egan Model is used to help the counselor use structured and specific skills to assist the client to move forward. Motivational Interviewing “is a client centered, directive therapeutic style to enhance readiness by helping clients explore and resolve ambivalence” (Hettema, 2005, page 91). These models can easily be integrated into each other; there are many ideas and steps that overlap and complement each other.
I chose to interview Regina Geis, who holds the administrative role as acting supervisor for the County Mental Health adult day program, which provides services for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Ms. Geis has held this position for 15 months. This is her first managerial position within a human service agency. Her style of management has changed over this short period of time. She feels that she is now more direct with her direction with staff. She stated, “Maybe now I come across as a little bit cold. But I have learned that I now have to use the least amount of words to get my point across.”
To inspire and influence others, a leader must possess many skills and abilities. As motivational speaker Peter Northouse, states, “a leader should be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant” (Northouse, 2013) Moving an entire group of individuals toward a singular goal is a considerable undertaking. Without effective communication skills and a clear vision of what needs to be accomplished, one will feel like they are trying to herd cats rather than leading.
Counseling psychology is one of the most interesting career choices in the field of psychology. However, this career fits my personality in several aspects. A person in counseling psychology will generally use personality tests, interviews, case histories, and observation methods to evaluate a patients' problems, needs, and goals. Counseling psychologists will evaluate data and, create an action plan or treatment plan to counsel the patient with. The goal in this career is to help each patient work toward developing and adjusting social, educational, personal, and vocational skills. I’ve always had an interest in listening to people. Throughout my adult years, people of
Clinical psychologists can treat a wide range of patients, from mental disorders to emotional problems. To get an easier and simpler idea of what a clinical psychologist does, Ferguson's Career Guidance Center's definition gives a good picture of a clinical psychologist’s job description, “Clinical psychologists concern themselves with people's mental and emotional disorders. They assess and treat problems ranging from normal psychological crises, such as adolescent rebellion or middle-age loss of self-esteem, to extreme conditions, such as severe depression and schizophrenia.”According to Careers in Psychology, a clinical psychologist has three main jobs, to assess the patient, diagnose disorders, and recommend a possible treatment. When a clinical psychologist assesses a patient it usually involv...
After watching the video tape, I realised that I was quite good at using questioning skill to help the client. The closed and open questions used in the interview were considered to be acceptable and appropriate. I believe that my personal experiences have shaped my ability to appropriately apply this skill in counselling. When I was younger, I used to listen to my grandmother talking about her past and the old tales that she had heard of. I...
The first part of the history-taking process is creating an appropriate environment. Ideally, the interview takes place in an area that is safe, accessible, and free from distractions and interruptions. During this initial process, the interviewer introduces themselves and states their purpose and obtains consent to proceed with the health history interview. Additionally, the initial part of the interview is the time to establish the patient’s identity, age, and preferred way of being addressed. A relationship built on trust and respect for the patient’s privacy is necessary to developing a good rapport. It is important to remain unbiased and professional and furthermore, to treat the client with dignity. After introductions are made, the patient should be given time to tell their story in their own words. Active listening is a must during this interaction and involves both verba...
VN Interview is a new business dealing in job interview soft skills training. The main purpose of this chapter was to analyze business model implementation business plan to deliver value added products to target customers. Business model canvas is defined as the rationale of how a enterprise creates, delivers, and captures value in the forms of nine building blocks.
The counseling session began with the introductions where I introduced myself as the counselor and later introduced my client. This stage is important in any counseling session since it is the time of exploration and focusing according to Gerard Egan as quoted by Wright (1998) in his essay on couselling skills. It is in this session that I was able to establish rapport and trust with my client in order to come up with a working and fruitful relationship with him. During this stage I made use of skills like questioning, where I would pose a question directly to my client, sometimes I would choose to just listen to what the client wanted to speak out while in some instances I would be forced to paraphrase the question if I felt the client did not understand the question I had asked previously. There were also other times when I would reflect through silence. During such a period, I got time to study the client and the information he had given. This being a difficult area, since some clients may not be able to volunteer information to you as the counselor, I decided to assure the client of confidentiality of any information he was willing to share with me with a few exceptions which I also told him about. Being open to him about the only times the information may not be confidential was part of my building rapport and establishing trust with him. I therefore, decided to ask the client what information he wanted to share with me and lucky enough he was ready to speak to me about different issues that he was going through.