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1 Vignette Reflection Megan Shields Indiana Wesleyan University HMSR-220-01E May 09, 2023

2 Abstract This video demonstrated how to conduct interviews or talk with a Client struggling with realistic situations, such as teen pregnancy. Our textbook defines concepts and phrases that I had never heard before, such as ‘focusing the interview’, and has been very helpful and informative on how to connect with and communicate with Clients like the many young people who are facing these issues alone due to lack of support. Keywords: realistic situations, connect and communicate, lack of support

3 Attending Behavior The Client quickly informs the Counselor in the video that she is pregnant and confused. He noted when she said, "you are confused but sounds like you are conflicted and holding in a lot of other emotions like being afraid, maybe even angry?" (Counselor and Client, 2020,2:09). The Counselor remains attentive to what she is saying, and the context of the words, instead of only the words. Throughout the session, he provides her his complete concentration. The counselor makes direct eye contact and pays attention to the client's words. He also takes notes to remember what she had said in the past. Attending behaviors were found on accident when a secretary failed to attend to the student he was counseling. Reflection of Content According to the counselor, "you feel trapped" (Counselor and client, 2020,3;32).He uses the word trapped to describe her condition. He is thinking about her dilemma of being pregnant and not knowing what to do. She tells her that her parents are going to kill her, that Nathan is abandoning her, and that she doesn't want anything to do with the baby. She considered an abortion, but she was not emotionally or mentally stable for it at this time. His reflection on the interview's content has shown that the counselor understood what the Client meant by what she said, and that her feelings matched her words. According to the book, we should tell our story with thoughts and feelings that relate to the client's issue (Ivey et al., 2015, p. 136). He wants to know her thoughts on the situation she is giving him in the video and how she feels about the decisions she must make.

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4 Reflection of Feelings They talk about abortion and how that makes her feel. She says that "I am from a Christian home and that it has been drilled into her that abortion is killing someone."(Counselor and client, 2020,4:05). He asks her if any path she takes is not a win for her, and she tells him that being pregnant has ruined everything in her life, the only way out is to end it. That is how she seems in the video based on what she has told him thus far, and he is attempting to ascertain her sentiments about being pregnant. She stated that there is no other road for her to choose that would not lead her astray. Based on the information she has provided, the counselor is expanding on the story. He is investigating the feelings she has expressed at this moment and ensuring that her feelings are what she intended to mean (Ivey et al., 2015, p. 136). Use of Focusing the Session Focusing the session is explained in our book as "a skill that opens up possibilities for multiple versions of the story and will help you and clients think of new possibilities for change" (Ivey et al., 2015, p. 159). The video however, shows her predicament is complicated by a variety of factors that could go wrong. Counselor concentrates the discussion on her pregnancy because that is the most important thing going on in her life. Her parents' feelings of displeasure are secondary issues to her pregnancy. Her boyfriend not wanting to be in the child's life isn't as important as the act of raising a child. It is also possible that she will decide to not keep the baby. He is "impressed that she had thought of all these options and scenarios" (Counselor and client, 2020,9:36) before she came into the interview with him. He shared a pros and cons list and other options with her. Telling her that she did not need her parent's approval for an abortion, but that

5 she would need to inform them of all her options. He informs her that her parents would most likely find out and that she will have to deal with them at some point. Reflection or Probing for Meaning She didn't understand why Nathan had abandoned her during this session. She was trying to figure out why she became pregnant in the first place. She knew she wouldn't be able to care for the baby on her alone. She was afraid that if she told her parents, she would be killed and sent out of the house where she lived. She expected them to reject her and never talk to her again."Her parents were not supportive of her and she would be embarrassed if she got a bad grade or something to that effect," she remarked in the video (Counselor and client, 2020,12:03). He stated that she "thought being pregnant was the worst thing that could happen in her life" (Counselor and client, 2020,6:45), to which she agreed. This is the worst thing she could be going through at this point in her life. Conclusion My view is that she was initially unwilling to change her way of thinking. She was upset and seeking to find a solution to her pregnancy, and there was no other option for her. She had considered several different possibilities for her situation, but she had no clear way out. I believe she just wanted to get away and talk to someone about how she could avoid being pregnant. I believe she was open to the notion when he suggested alternative solutions to discuss next time. The young girl was willing to seek counseling to help her cope with her fear. The narrator's current skills are better than before, but they need to learn more to be more aware of people who are looking to them for advice. They were pregnant by a person who wanted nothing to do with

6 them and never heard from him again. They need to learn to pay more attention when someone is talking and to be more aware of people who are looking to them for advice. References HMSR 220 - Counselor and Client [Video]. (n.d.). http://www.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/566941/uiconf_id/ 25081401/entry_id/1_skzhdhzj Ivey, A. E., Ivey, M. B., & Zalaquett, C. P. (2015). Essentials of Intentional Interviewing: Counseling in a Multicultural World (3rd ed.). Cengage Learning US. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781305687820

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