Reflective Summary And Analysis

For this assignment, we conducted a role play in which my partner and myself were both playing the part as therapist and patient. Although this is the second time that we have done recently, this did not ease much of the anxiety that I had about playing the part of the therapist. Fortunately, unlike my last attempt at the role play, I did very well at ensuring that I focused on getting the structured questions, specifically regarding, support system,, drug use, medical issues and expectations, asked and I was able to discus some of these aspects with the client. Despite the fact that I did do better at addressing the structured questions, my anxiety did cause complications at time throughout the session. In this paper, I will provide a brief

One area is that at times I was at a loss of words and felt like I was digging myself into a ditch because I had nothing else say. I think I can improve on this by rather using more reflections to see if something else comes of that, or focusing in on how I am feeling, and ask the client if she is feeling the same way. For example, if after hearing her story I was feeling anxious and worried, I may ask if those are emotions she can identify with. This can enhance the collaboration and also demonstrate that I am acknowledging and listening to the patient. Another weakness that I had was that I actually talked a lot. In my reflections back to my patient, I would use a lot of words to say something very simple. Though this might be due to my anxiety, I could improve on this my taking my time and actually, forming what I am trying to say, before I say it. This would reduce the amount of words I am using and make my message much more clear and concise. Another area of improvement is that I missed several points where I should have asked her to elaborate more on them. For example, at one point she was saying that when she is not being responded to this provokes her insecurities. Unfortunately, I did not respond to that, which I believe I should have as I would have gathered more information and what she thinks of

It is my hope that as I continue to grow and get better, I begin to learn how to address these different issues, but I do believe that a lot of my difficulties is related to my anxiety of sitting with someone as they bear their soul to me, while I just reflect their feelings back to me. In this role play specifically, I had to fight ever urge in me to not say, “I’ll be your friend” because that wouldn’t have helped and it wouldn’t be appropriate. I feel like at times when doing role plays my urge to help causes me more anxiety. This is something I am hoping will get better with practice, but overall, I do believe that this role play was one of my best, even with the flaws and