Students are asked to implement aspects of Solution Focused Therapy and Adlerian Counseling Approaches into their work with a client either at your internship, place of employment, or through a role-play experience with their class partner. This should be a different skill than the one used in the first Skill Reflection Paper.
Based on your practice during the week, write a short paper (2-3 pages) discussing Solution Focused Therapy and Adlerian Counseling Approaches. The majority of the paper should be reflection on how well you were able to use Solution Focused Therapy and Adlerian Counseling Approaches as well as your comfort level with the skill. Discuss areas of growth you feel you need.
You are expected to use APA format, including a Title Page, running head, page numbers, in-text citations, and a reference page. No Abstract is expected on this assignment.
Discuss the following related to your implementation of Solution Focused Therapy and Adlerian Counseling Approaches:
- Which skills discussed to this point were of greatest interest to you and desire to master.
- What were likes and dislikes regarding Solution Focused Therapy and Adlerian Counseling Approaches.
- Describe the manner in which you implemented Solution Focused Therapy and Adlerian Counseling Approaches with your client.
- What was your purpose in using this approach (other than being required by your professor) and what response you hoped to achieve with the client.
- Was the skill effective in meeting your purposes with the client and to what degree that was achieved.
Finish your skill reflection paper with a critical reflection: Answer the following questions:
- What will I do differently next time I use the skill? What will I do the same?
- What do I think I did well?
- What was my comfort level with using this skill?
- What did the use of this skill set you up to do next with the client?
- In what ways do I need to grow to master the use of this skill?