Ethical Dilemma Reflection

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When I got my vignette, at first I was not concern about acting out this dilemma, but as the semester continue and as I began to watch my peers do their vignettes, I began to become worry. My reasons for this, is due to me not being able to find an example of my vignette to help me see how someone in the field would handle this situation. Although I was able to learn about how I would react in this scenario, I still felt nervous in the beginning. Therefore, it was beneficial for me to see, how I could go about this situation. Therefore when I did my vignette I felt confident in the ways that I was able to join with my client. I was also able to learn how I would be able to read the paperwork and how it would look like for me to be in the therapist role. Although …show more content…

Therefore, being more aware of it and how I reacted towards hearing her abuse. Furthermore, I also believe that it’s important for me to learn how to balance information that requires more attention, as well as the information that allows me to see what the issue is, and how might I be able to better assist my client. With that being said, after I was able to process through what was happening for me when I heard my client talk about her abuse? Meaning for me I made sense of this, by trying to take care of her and not make her relive the abuse. By me doing this I have realize that I have done my client harm, by not attending to her needs to express her abuse. In the future I hope to become more comfortable with allowing my client’s the space needed to talk about traumatic events. By doing this, it will allow me to learn more about my client and join with them. Although I do believe that I have done a great job joining with my client. I still believe that I would had been able to join more with my client, if I was to provided her space to talk about her

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