Blog 23: Exit Interview

 

1. My essential question is, "What is the best way a psychologist can ensure a struggling adolescent receives the best possible treatment?" My three answers were: Through group therapy, parent involvement, and empathy. My best answer was empathy. I feel that if there is no empathy, then treating the client is almost impossible. ACA member, Jeffrey Gutman says himself that learning the client’s worldview is critical in order to be able to enhance cooperation in the counseling process. One can't expect to diagnose a client if the time isn't taken to understand their feelings.

2. Arrive to my best answer was difficult. My best answer was in fact my final answer. After I came up with my first two answers, I felt that my third answer had to be something stronger. After doing research, "empathy" kept on coming up at least once in the articles I looked into. I then began to look into empathy as a whole and went from there.

3. The problems I faced was trying to find my final answer. I felt as if I thought too much of it, but after research I kept noticing the word empathy so that is how I was able to solve and find my answer.

4. Source #59 and #61 were a help on helping me answer my essential question. Source number 59 was a big article that included how connecting with clients is helpful. This article also included real life situations as well as other input, which gave it more perspective. Source number 61 was also helpful because it was a well published book that I was able to receive more information from.