Blog 19: Senior Project & ESLRs

1. The ESLR I excelled in most in my senior project is being an effective communicator.

2. Through what I've learned from my mentorship, research & experiences, I've been able to approach my peers & superiors with composure & more of an open mind. I've improved on being a good listener & being there for those in need, whether I know them personally or not. This includes the people in my class, at my work & people I talk to from day to day. My mentorship has taught me how to view things from different perspectives & when it is appropriate to say certain things, such as giving suggestions to improve someone else's life. I've learned how to be more patient with others & how to make sure I convey my opinions without being misunderstood of the message I want to get across. My experience so far with my senior project has taught me to be more conscious with my interactions with the people around me.

3. My proof is the fact that I've become patient enough to deal with the children that I would have absolutely no tolerance for a year ago.

Blog 18: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #3

1. How can a licensed therapist best serve an abused individual?

2. A licensed therapist can best serve an abused individual by introducing them to join in open or closed group therapy sessions along with the private sessions with you.

3. This would be beneficial to your client because it would allow them to be around other people with similar feelings & situations. By being around others who share the same emotions & hardships, it helps your client feel more understood & it will help your client move forward from their problems. It would allow your client to see that they can reach out to others for support while going to you for guidance & further assistance.

4. This answer is derived from my mentorship at the Pomona Community Crisis Center under Kele Stahl. At this center, most clients participate in these group therapies in addition to private counseling. & Through my observations & advice from my mentor, I was able to find that it was easier on the client's load to have various degrees of support.

5. I plan on researching about the benefits & different kinds of group therapies to further help my justification for my answer.

Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions

1. How can a licensed therapist best serve an abused individual?

2. Because how you approach each client is so subjective, how did you prepare yourself to make the decision as to which approach is most appropriate?

3. Is social work more than ethics? Why or why not?

4. How much of an impact does this profession have on one's private life?

5. How can a therapist make sure that they are communicating the best way possible with their client?

6. How can a therapist be sure that they are satisfying their client's needs & helping their client feel like they are being understood?

7. What is there to communicating with your client? 

8. Is this profession something that you grow with? Why or why not?

9. Is self-development something that would be a key to being a successful clinical social worker? Why or why not?

10. What should one do if their personal beliefs & morals get in the way of you helping a client?

11. Why is it so essential to keep your private & professional life separate? 

12. When you're struggling to maintain your compassion for this profession, what are some things you can do to help yourself or even prevent this from happening?

13. What sort of challenges should someone expect when entering this field?

14. I understand that clinical social work taps deeply into one's emotions. How can someone in this field manage their emotions to where it doesn't effect how they work?

15. What are some things that a clinical social worker should never bring into their practice? Why or why not?

16. What makes this profession challenging?

17. How important is it to establish a relationship with your client? Why or why not?

18. What kind of relationship is essential to your practice? Why or why not?

19. What is the purpose of being a clinical social worker?

20. What is something you need to remember every day about this profession?

Blog 16: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #2

1. How can a licensed therapist best serve an abused individual?

2. A licensed therapist can best serve an abused individual with proper communication.

3. Licensed clinical social work is more than just "talking" to your client, it's talking to them with a purpose & a certain direction. Being able to communicate with your client & make sure you understand their needs is essential because you can't assist them in any way without knowing so. It's also because you need to be acquainted with each of your clients' individual habits, needs, etc. Each person is unique, you can't approach all of your clients with the same method. It has to be customized to the individual. Communication also plays a key role in helping the client feel like they are known & that you are attuned with them. This will lead to a relationship with trust, therefore allowing the client to be more open to help.

4. My third interview with Luna Gorlick, LCSW, MA, really helped me find this answer. Most of the articles I came across said that licensed clinical social work wouldn't be what it is without communication in general.

5. I plan to continue my study of answer #2 by continuing to observe how the counselors at my internship communicate with the clients there during one-on-one sessions & group sessions, & pay attention to how they talk to each individual.

Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval

1. I plan on continuing to work at the daycare every Wednesday, except I'm going to change my approaches with the kids to something where I can interact with them more based on their individual behaviors.

2. I think this will meet my 30 hour requirement because I'll be doing the same thing I did with the first independent component & that worked out fine.

3. This relates to my EQ because this will allow me to practice the three answers I come up with for my EQ but I'll be able to practice my answers with children.

Blog 14: Independent Component 1

• Literal.
• I, Brittany Ho, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
• Adrian of YMCA, 9096236433.
• Independent Component Log I
• Every Wednesday, I went to volunteer at the daycare at YMCA from around 4 PM to 8 PM.
• Interpretive.
• During my hours, I was responsible for watching over the kids & keeping them occupied. I would draw with them, have them do activities & play games with them. I would also help some of the kids with their homework if they had any, or help with them anything else they needed, such as tying their shoes. I always made sure I was interacting with the kids in some way to ensure that I was for one, doing my job & two, helping myself build tolerance for children. Not only did I make sure the kids had fun, but I also helped make sure that they were being responsible & not misbehaving too much. To make sure I reached my 30 hours minimum, I usually arrived a little early at 4:30 PM with Damaris in case some kids decided to show up early & I would leave at 8 PM after all the kids have been picked up by their parents.







• Applied.
• The connection that I've made with this & my senior project is that I've expanded on my ability to observe behavior more closely & I've trained myself to be a little more patient than I was before with children. To have patience is an essential thing in clinical social work & I feel that it's really important that I'm attacking this problem now instead of much later. I was also able to build on my ability to approach each child based on their behavior. Clinical social work is full of subjective approaches & although I was only able to practice this with children, it's a start. 

Blog 13: Rough Draft Of 30 Minute Presentation

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