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From: Renee
Date: 15 Oct 2007
Time: 18:46:47 -0500
Remote Name: 71.89.60.243
I agree that it is important to really listen to what your client wants to get from therapy in order to best benefit the outcomes of therapy. I am a first-year graduate student and it has been stressed to us to really listen to our clients and/or their families. Sometimes I feel that as student clinicians, we can be nervous during therapy, especially while completing a case history on the client or getting to know the client better. It is at these times that some may just read off the list of questions that must be asked and record the answer. So much more can be learned about the client if the clinician REALLY listens to the client and asks questions based on what the client just said instead of just accepting an answer and moving to the next question. This is something that I hope to become proficient in because I know that it will best benefit my clients and their therapy outcomes. Do you feel that you have always been a "good" listener or is it something that you have developed and are still learning to do?