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Psy 270 Week 2 Video Assignment

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Video assignment two was still awkward to do because we always second guess if we are doing what a true therapist would, however, it felt so much easier and comfortable because we understood how to handle a lot more (especially with all the information about motivational interviewing we learned). Jessica and I both noticed that we were able to frame set much more easily- in the first assignment we spent hours figuring out a template of what we would say and actually brainstormed a frame setting script we memorized. In general, the first assignment was so overthought until we realized that you don’t have to present it in such robotic, rigid ways and translated this to video assignment two. I greatly enjoyed using motivational interviewing techniques and as I “counseled” Jessica I found myself really understanding that it is a pretty effective technique. I think that I was able to use OARS pretty effectively and I tried to remain cognizant of these most of the time. Jessica also mentioned to me that when she asked about further information about smoking clinics with free nicotine patches and I admitted that I did not know but could find the information for her, she felt very comforted. She said that because …show more content…

I kept thinking the whole time that Jessica was the one who was supposed to keep steering herself to her own realization, goal, or plan of action and I would interrupt her. At one point in the session she got really quiet, but because I was trying to let her lead I stayed quiet and she assumed she needed to start talking again when I could have used it in some other constructive way. Because I felt like I took control, I also felt like I assumed a lot about where she was at, especially in my closing summary I said something along the lines of “you are ready to stop smoking”, but even though I reflected to her that it sounded like she was ready we never truly established

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