Blog 17 - Interview 4 Reflection

 

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  

How important parent involvement can be. I knew parent involvement was important so that anyone would be able to overcome their struggling situation, but I learned that it had to do more than that. It actually starts front the beginning, and how the parents were from the start and end.

2.  How will what I learned affect my final lesson?

Parent involvement was one of my answers, so I feel like this helped me get more of a direction and insight of where to go with this answer.



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Blog 20: Fourth Interview Questions

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

I plan on interviewing one of my mentor's partners. They all have a lot of experience in the therapeutic field, as well as working with a variety of clients.

2.  Post 20 open-ended questions you want to ask an expert in the field concerning your senior project. Your focus should be finding answers to your EQ.

1. What is one major problem you find among teens?
2. What are the most common cases you receive when working with teens?
3. Do you find working with adolescents is easier or harder? Why?
4. What are some important factors one must consider when thinking about going into this field (Mainly when working with adolescents)?
5. What have you found works best for teens?
6. What have you found that may not work as great?
7. What do you feel struggling teens may need? (ex. Attention, distractions, activities, etc.)
8. What is an approach one must take?
9. Have you ever had a client that didn't really show treatment progress? How did that make you feel?
10. What sort of recommendations do you usually make to the teens?
11. Have you ever worked with a stubborn teen? How do you handle that sort of situation?
12. How important is parent involvement to you? Why?
13. What is your view on group therapy? Do you feel like it's a huge help? Why or why not?
14. As a therapist, do you try seeing things from your client's perspective? Do you feel it helps with the process?
15. How do you feel therapy helps a client? What are some things that go on during sessions that leads to the client getting better?
16. When the teen feels like giving up on themselves, how do you approach that? What is some motivation?
17. How are you able to help your client recognize their issues when they aren't quite sure about certain situations? (ex. They keep getting this feeling of guilt, but they don't know why)
18. How are you able to control whether or not the teen is doing things outside therapy that you've recommended they do when you aren't around?
19. What sort of relationship do you believe should be built with the client?
20. What is the process that is taken with the clients?

Blog 17 - Interview 3 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview? 

I learned some approaches that are helpful when dealing with specific clients in the psychology field, as well as what are some important things to take into account with your clients.

2.  How has your approach to interviewing changed over the course of your senior project?

I've gotten more used to it. It is a lot more comfortable for me than what it was at the beginning.

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Blg 14: Third Interview Preparation

How can a psychologist ensure an adolescent gets the best possible treatment?

 

 

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?

 

I plan on interviewing my mentor, since she is the one I've been working with and I want to see what she thinks about my EQ. She is in her own practice, and has been working in this field for several years.

 2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview?

 

January 21 at 3:00 pm

 3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.

 

Besides mentorship, what additional things do you think I should look up or do to better answer my question?

 4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).

What other things do you recommend I do, to get a better understanding of the field and of finding more answers for my EQ?

 5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ.

-Throughout the time that you've been working in this field, what are some things you've found worked best for adolescents?
-What are some things you've found that aren't as affective?

Blog 10 - Interview 2 Reflection

1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else?  Are you shadowing?  Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic?  If so, what?  Are there other people who are experts in the location?  Etc...)
My mentorship takes place at a workplace. I go to my mentor's office whenever we meet. She has given me a book with a ton of disorders, and lately I've been taking notes on everything I find and I discuss it with her next time I see her. It's just her and me, but I think I am gaining knowledge of these different disorders.

2.  How did you find your mentor?  How did you convince this person to help you?  

I found my mentor on goodtherapy.org. I got her information off the website and sent her an email and left her a voicemail. She returned my call, and I told her what I was doing for senior project and how I needed a mentor, she then agreed she'd be able to help me.

3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship?  How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person

My comfort level is pretty good with my mentor. She helps me understand things I don't quite understand and helps by figuring out things we can do in terms of assignments since it is a confidential field.

4. What went well in this interview?  Why do you think so?  What do you still need to improve?  How do you know?  How will you go about it?

I believe I was able to understand my mentor's background a bit more. She did a very good job at answering my questions, and it gave me an idea of what I can do in this field since I do want to go in this same path. There isn't really much improvement we need yet. So far things are going good.

 

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Blog 7 - Second Interview Preparation

1.  Who is your mentor and where do they work?  If their workplace does not reflect their expertise, what makes them an expert?

My mentor's name is Jasmine DeGuzman and she works at Crossroads Family Therapy in Covina.

2.  What five questions will you ask them about their background?
- What is the process you took to get to where you are now?

- Once you got your degree, what did you do from there?

- What is your average workload like throughout the week?

- What do you believe contributes most to depression within people?

- What have you found is the best way to overcome depression?

Blog 5 - Interview 1 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  Is there anything I would do differently for other interviews?

I learned many things from my interviews. I learned that there are different theories and works of study when entering the psychology field. I also learned that different age groups vary a lot from each other. You have to take a different approach with every client you encounter. You can't approach an adult the same way you would a child and I think that is very helpful information to know.
If I could do something differently for other interviews I think I would come prepared with more questions than what I had. I asked ten questions and I think maybe more would have given me more of a background.

2. Did I get additional resources and contacts?  What is the most useful?  Why?

I didn't get new contacts, but I did get some advice as to who would be a good person to talk to. Social services was one of the main one that was pointed out since I do want to work with adolescence. I thought it was all useful, because I was given a little more background as to why contacting one profession would be good and why; so I think just having variety is very useful.

3. What makes my interviewee qualified to help me? 

 

Both my interviewees where therapists and they both have their own practice. They've been working in this field for quite some time and have experience. Both therapists have worked with a variety of age groups and have the degrees necessary for the field.

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Blog 3 - First Interview Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  Why?

I plan on interviewing a couple of therapists that my mentor knows and works with. Although my mentor would provide me with good answers, I would like to have a different range of answers rather than just her answers since I already have time to work with her. I think it would be a great opportunity for me to get a range of separate people for this interview. I would like to ask them questions and see what they have to say about the questions I ask so that I will be able to get a better understanding myself.

2.  Five questions will be assigned to all seniors to ask.  What additional questions do you plan to ask?  Ask open-ended questions.

-Have you ever had a problem where you didn't know how to handle a certain client? If so, what did you end up doing?
-What are some things a person who wants to enter this field can do to better prepare themselves?
-When working with adults, teens, and/or children, what are some differences you encounter?
-Is there any advice that you would give me considering the fact that I am interested in taking this career route?