Before I began my interview I had to change out of my everyday sportswear clothing. Putting on presentable clothing that wouldn’t cause distractions for my client during our meeting. I also began to prepare the room for my client, making sure that the seats and table were clear and comfortable. My phone tends to ring a lot, therefore I had to turn it completely off so that the vibration or ring would not be a distraction during my meeting.
Affective
Mentally I had a lot going on, I was nervous about the meeting and anxious to get it over with. However, I couldn’t allow those feelings to be shown through my actions. For me to get rid of those feelings I prayed and listened to gospel music. That helped calm me down, helping me to relax and
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Also I wasn’t clear when I said that he didn’t attempt to stop the fire, it sounded like I said he did attempt to stop it. In order to prevent that from happening again I must slow my pace of speaking and say all of my words clearly, pronouncing each word and not sound like I’m saying one long word. When talking fast it causes me stumble over words and say the wrong things, I was summarizing his situation and I stated that he was “staying with his in laws”. That was not a clear statement at all, for most of the meeting we were discussing his father in law and not his partner. Saying “his” could have been referring to either one of those two, even if I did mean either one of them the statement would have still been completely wrong because they were staying my client’s parents in law, which is his partner’s parents. My client didn’t catch on to what I said, which again results back to me talking fast and not pausing to help my client and myself reflect on what was …show more content…
This was noticeable by his actions, even though his body was turned sideways he was still inclined towards me. My body language stayed the same throughout the video. There wasn’t much smiling during the interview, I believe that if it was more smiling it could have helped to make it more of a friendly environment.
Empathy
During the meeting, I was trying to show that I understood where my client was coming from rather than feeling sorry for him. With my client agreeing with what I was saying helped to indicate that I was showing empathy to him. I didn’t force my values on him, I tried to understand him by getting him tell me more about how he felt. There was a moment when I didn’t use a term that my client used, by doing this I showed that I wasn’t listening at that moment. My tone of voice seemed to be warming, it wasn’t too loud or soft. My pace should slow down a little. Talking fast could have indicated that I wanted the meeting to be over