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Name-Trey

Marital status- Single

Employment status- Currently unemployed. He attends a public high school transitioning from Sophomore - Junior year.

Socioeconomic Status SES- Middle Class

Age -16 years old

Developmental Disability -N/A

Acquired Disability -N/A

Religion/Spirituality- no known religion but does attend church with family occasionally during the holidays

Ethnicity- African American

Socioeconomic Status (SES) - Middle Class

Sexual Orientation- Heterosexual

Indigenous Heritage- N/a

National Origin- American

Gender- Cis Male

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Trey comes into the counseling space with the following symptoms:

Anxiety around living with father when he becomes inebriated.

Anxiety around his father unloading all of his stress on to him

Exposure to substance abuse

Lack of positive role model

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Duration of Trey symptoms began when his father started to drink more often after losing his first job; He reports that he has been adopted since birth and that him and his father recently had a disagreement about where he should be in life causing Trey to feel stressed. He reports that his father believes he is rebellious due to wanting to engage in hobbies he likes. Trey reports that he wants to be able to live a regular teenage life but feels pressured to take care of his father when he becomes inebriated. Trey also mentions that his mother passed away at the age of two with no recollection of her.

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S09

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During the interview I noticed that I stayed in the exploration stage a lot. I used a lot of open questions, probes and silence. I wanted Trey to tell me more, rather than me trying to solve the problem. I wanted to know his feelings and really understand the reason why him and his father had this recent argument.

I did notice that I used less interpretation which is something I want to utilize in the future. I just do not know how to give that "nudge" without feeling like I over stepped.

Counterference:

When Trey mentioned his father blamed him for his drinking problem, I became sad for him. I wanted to give him a hug and tell him that everything is going to be ok. I believe I did a great job with being professional and not becoming invested in my emotion.

In the future this might occur when I am dealing with clients that have abandonment issues or experienced violence because I can relate. I do know that with practice and being culturally competent this can help.

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Negatives: There were times in the session when I didn't know what to say at all.

I stated " ya know " often when I couldn't express exactly what I was trying to say. "cringe".

It was hard for me to express my thoughts (I had so many questions but didn't know how to ask the question in a counselor way.) Seemed like I kept having word vomit when trying to express my thoughts.

I was overthinking.

Positives: I became more comfortable to ask the hard questions.

I was able to sit in silence to help my client gather his thoughts, which was scary for me prior to learning these skills.

I do a great job with active listening and eye contact.