Reflection On Working With Trauma Clients

1. I feel competent in working with low-risk clients who may lack resources and motivation. I feel with I am effective in increasing the motivation of clients to be more active in their lives and providing support. The clients that I am working with now I feel I am doing work that is very beneficial. Another area I am competent in is behavioral analysis. Although this is different from counseling, It's basis is behavioral health. This area requires professionals to design and implement strategies to change negative behaviors in order to produce positive and socially acceptable behaviors. Through experience, I can implement strategies I have learned into practice. I would say I am competent in some areas of clinical psychology. Professionals in clinical psychology are required to perform diagnoses, assessments, and treatment planning for those with disorders. Through previous courses, I have gained the clinical skills in writing clinical write-ups and developing appropriate treatment plans.

Working in the mental health field there will be clients who may have a history of trauma. I feel like I do not yet have the competence to work with trauma clients. However, this is an area that I am interested in. I would like to gain more competence in this area so that I would effectively help implement treatment. Working with trauma clients is not easy. As a professional, I would want to treat clients in the best way without emotionally pushing them too hard. In treating trauma, I believe it is best to talk about the past events. However, clients may not want to relive the past which can trigger aggressive behaviors. I wold not to trigger anything negative in my client. I would need to apply an intervention strategy that allows the client to be open however feel comfortable enough to do the