March Blog Post- Interview # 3

When I was given interview #3 I was thinking of the best person to interview and get a different view on things. I really want to choose a different kind of person someone who was rare to the fields and beginning new. So I decided to pick my father who had just begun conducting his work as a therapist.

I felt that my father would best fit because as a male in this field, it was super rare. I thought it would be nice to get a different view from someone who might have a different experience than a female. He even told me that different genders have different reactions to him because he is in a female and doesn't have that carrying or motherly look. But once you grow a bond with the male they begin to grow closer to the client.

My father who actually just graduated three years ago with a masters degree in psychology, is very brand-new to the fields of psychotherapy. He has been in a few different clinics and was currently placed at the Pomona clinic has actually seen quite a few things even though his small, short time there. I thought it would be a good idea to get his experiences into my interview.

This interview actually help me to answering my essential question. Also to help me into planning my final senior project. I thought this was the most help for interview that I've had in a long time. And I would interview him again!

Fourth Interview Preparation

1.What kinds of goals do you set for yourself to help clients achieve their personal goals?

2.What’s the best method to keep a client coming to therapy sessions? 

3.What’s the best method to have a client keep their taking medication if failing to take or has problems?

4.What books should I read in this field?

5.Please describe what you think the Biopsychosocial model is?

6.What kind of connection are you supposed to build with a client? What boundaries can you not cross

7.How is it like being A female in this field?

8.What is an example of a hard situation a therapist can go through?

9.What would you do to best handle that situation?

10.How are you able to keep under control during a tough situation of hearing about a clients life story?

11.What is important about the biological aspect of the biopsychosocial model?

12.What is important about the social aspect of the biopsychosocial model?

13.What is important about the psychological aspect of the biopsychosocial model?

14.What are some experiences (clients) you dealt with? Explain with the biopsychosocial model in mind.

15.What college did you attend and what is your status at this moment?

16.What are some activities that would be great to do for my final presentation, to represent the biopsychosocial model?

17.What can be ways to intrigue my audience into my topic and make things a much better learning experience for my final presentation?

18.What kind of protection do you have as therapist against any kind of lawsuits or false accusations?

19.What kind of protection do you have in a moment where a client might get physical or violent?

20.Have the experiences that you seen coming to the office help you in your own life and and learn in making your own decisions and what to do and what not to do?

Answer #3

1.  What is your EQ?

     What is the most important aspect of a patient's support system that they need in order to control their mental health? 

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

     The most important aspect of a support system to control a clients mental health is there biological intake.

3. Give 3 details to support the answer (a detail is a fact and an example)

     -depending on what a client is in taking in   their body and example is like sleep or food.

     -also is how the medication is affecting their body in a good or a bad way and whether they should change their medication

     -an example would be with somebody with the anxiety who is going through a lot of stress but isn't sleeping which can be the cause of their anxiety because the lack of sleep. 

4. The research source (s) to support your details and answer

     Buckner, Julia D, Richard G Heimberg, Anthony H Ecker, and Christine 

Vinci. "A Biopsychosocial Model of Social Anxiety and Substance Use." Depression and Anxiety, 30.3 (2013): 276-284.

5. Concluding Sentence

All of this can affect on how they act and who they are and the decisions that they make a come ahead