Well-Formed Interview Reflection

Leading a well-formed interview is the area that I feel I improved the most on during this counseling course. Looking back at my first interview, structure was nonexistent. It was basically just a conversation between two people in which one person shared the summary of their life story. The conversation lingered in the first stage (establishing relationship) for the majority of the interview. The second interview was the complete opposite. I felt as though this conversation flowed naturally through the five stages and all of the aspects of this interview fell into place. I feel that I lead my interviewee through the stages swiftly and efficiently. We established a trusting relationship by learning about his background and me sharing my experience and bringing to attention the gender difference between us.

After, he set a personal goal to accomplish and identified how he would like his life to be when this problem is solved. Lastly, we talked about how he was going to accomplish the goal he set for himself. Although we didn’t come up with the perfect solution to help him reach his goal, at that time, we did come to the agreement that brain storming ideas on his own and journaling between sessions would be a great technique to come up with a few ways to accomplish his goal. One thing I would have done differently with this interview is mentioning that I am not here to give advice, but rather, I am here to guide and help him make decisions on his own. Although I have come a long ways using this technique, I know there is still more need of improvement. After reflection about the five stages, I feel I can use this technique to my every day life as well. I recently transferred to the College of St. Scholastica, and I feel confident that I can apply this process when meeting new people and developing new