Prior to the session, I was apprehensive towards my decision making, due to my previous session. I recapped my goals: accepting the silence, and trying not to lead the discussion, really focusing on the speakers’ responses instead of my own. This reflection will be a response to the progress made in these two specific areas, along with new realizations and observations from the second session.
The beginning of the second session began fairly quickly, Abbey walked in, sat on the floor and poured her coffee into her mug, I moved my pillow and notebook to the floor and flowed into discussion, I began the conversation with the phrase “so how’s it going”. She quickly responded by saying “fine”, ( a mild explanation of feeling) then continued on with her thought. I wondered if she brought the coffee
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I realized that during this dialogue there were many ways to support her, however I expressed in the opening paragraph that I wanted to allow Abbey to speak freely without my lead or direction. I also did not believe my ways of supporting would be suitable in terms of speaker-facilitator relationship. My ways of supporting would be to console Abbey in a friend-like manor, that could be done following our session. Being a grief counselor or therapist is a practice that takes time to conduct properly, I do not believe I have the skill set or training to do so at this time. However, Hammond et al. expressed ways of connecting or relating to the client in a respectful way such as, “those are certainly painful feelings you’ve been struggling with. I’m pleased you decided to come today…perhaps we can explore together more of where this sadness or anger is coming from”. Or, “I can sense the anguish you feel over the pain of [your lost one]. I know that must hurt… Right now, you’re probably feeling pretty overwhelmed…taking it just one day at a time, I believe you may be able to…” (1977, p.