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Career Counseling Application Assignment Intake Interview Chapter 5 Helper Studio Angela's Self vs. Family

Complete the linked Ch. 5 Helper's Studio activity in MindTap. This activity requires you to complete open-ended questions and then VIDEO RECORD your response to the client, as if you are the counselor.

In your response, it is important to demonstrate to Angela that you have heard her concerns and feelings accurately. Reflective listening creates an opportunity for you to correct any misperceptions and is your opportunity to illustrate to Angela that you accept where she is at in the moment. Remember to listen and respond to the content of what Angela has said as well as the feelings that underlie her words.

As you respond to Angela, keep in mind the dilemma she is facing using empathetic understanding as well as mirroring . It is important to consider the values that are in conflict for Angela as an individual as well as a member of a family. How can you demonstrate empathy and affirmation for her feelings while offering a meaningful response to help her further her thinking about this dilemma ?

*Be sure you use Chrome or Firefox (this does not work with Safari and IE). You can re-record you response before you submit. You must click on the star to the left of you uploaded recording before you can submit. I will begin grading these the week after they are due.

Instructions

Watch the video and respond to the prompt. In your response, it is important to demonstrate to Angela that you have heard her concerns and feelings accurately. Reflective listening creates an opportunity for you to correct any misperceptions and is your opportunity to illustrate to Angela that you accept where she is at in the moment. Remember to listen and respond to the content of what Angela has said as well as the feelings that underlie her words.

VIDEO TRANSCRIPT BELOW-Chapter 5 -ANGELA

Angela, we were talking a little bit before about some of the classes in accounting that you've taken already. Tell me a little bit more about the first class that you took that you said you enjoyed.

>> Yeah. That was last semester. And it was a lot of just ...processes. So, like, you get a journal entry and then you kind of take it through the process of accounts payable, accounts receivable, so it was a lot of using Excel, which I totally don't mind, and then, like, a lot of numbers. And so what I kind of like about being at the dry cleaners is that actually, like, data stuff, which I know a lot of people don't like, but I actually do. And it was fairly easy. And it was related to, like, a fake company, so it felt very practical and real. But this class right now that I have a D in, I mean, it is just maybe theoretical is the word, but I do not get it. And like I said, I just haven't really connected with the professor. I can barely understand him half the time. And so that has been a struggle. But, yeah, that first one, I mean, I guess it was mostly the numbers. I mean, so I'm similar to my dad in that we're both, like, we like numbers. But I'm just not sure that I want the kind of career that he has. And we haven't really talked about that. I mean, my dad has been a pretty big influence in my life. My mom passed away when I was young. Like I said, he's a banker and he started at the teller line and kind of worked his way up into the sort of maybe middle manager, I'm not sure. Because, like, I don't know that much about his job, but he does really well and I know he works really hard for me and my sister. And so I get why he, you know, wants me to pursue something kind of similar, like, to pursue something similar, but he, I remember him telling me one time when I was, like, exploring colleges, like, back in high school before I chose to start with the community college, he was like, "You should pursue accounting, not just business, because, like, banking is good, but with accounting, you could have, like, your own business one day." And I think he hopes that for me, but I'm not really sure I want that. So, I really do like this dry cleaning thing that I do. I just know, I mean, I don't get paid very well. It's just actually kind of fun. And it's just me and the owner, really. And the owner's, like, our neighbor and we've known her and her husband since they were, like, well, since I was in elementary school, right? So I know them really well and I got hired when I was 16. And I just get to do my thing, right? So it's either the owner or me usually and we kind of, like, pass in the night sort of thing. And so I get to kind of just have my space and do my thing. So maybe my dad kind of sees that, but I'm just not sure, I mean, his job really does sound boring. And so when I think about accounting, I don't even really know how to become a CPA. I know that's, like, the thing and that's what it would mean to kind of be my own business, but I don't know if I would like that.

Reflection Questions

Please review the assignment instructions and then respond to the following questions.

This section must be completed before proceeding with the assignment.

1. How does family play a role in career choice?

2. How can a career counselor help a client stuck in a decision-making process?

3. How can a career counselor help a client explore and learn more about jobs and job tasks?