Assignment 2: Application: Process Recordings
A process recording is a written tool field education experience students, field instructors, and faculty use to examine the dynamics of social work interactions in time. Process recordings can help in developing and refining interviewing and intervention skills. By conceptualizing and organizing ongoing activities with social work clients, you are able to clarify the purpose of interviews and interventions, identify personal and professional strengths and weaknesses, and improve self-awareness. The process recording is also a useful tool in exploring the interpersonal dynamics and values operating between you and the client system through an analysis of filtering the process used in recording a session.
For this Assignment, you will submit a process recording of your field education experiences specific to this week.
The Assignment (2–4 pages): TEMPLATE IS PROVIDED! PLEASE BE CREATIVE. SESSION SHOULD ONLY BE BETWEEN INTERN AND CLIENT. IT CAN BE A CONTINUATION OF A PREVIOUS SESSION OR A SESSION FOR A NEW CLIENT.
Provide a transcript of what happened during your field education experience, including a dialogue of interaction with a client.
Explain your interpretation of what occurred in the dialogue, including social work practice or theories, and explain how it might relate to evaluation covered this week.
Describe your reactions and/or any issues related to your interaction with a client during your field education experience.
Explain how you applied social work practice skills when performing the activities during your process recording.
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Process Recording
Student
Walden University
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Process Recording
Client Information/ Presenting Issue
Client is a 16-year-old Hispanic and African American male from Jacksonville, Fl. He lives with his
mother and has a younger sister. His step father and mother are divorcing. The daughter is the step
father’s child and will be living with him, while client stays with his mother. He joined the
dentention center due to charges of substance use/diagnosis/ possession and theft. I joined therapist,
Mr. Sanchez in an individual session to follow up on a suicide precaution assesment. Right now
Client is on a one to one precaution where staff signs off that he is okay every 30 minutes. Mr.
Sanchez is meeting with him to see if he needs to be taken off or continue to be watched. During
this session the client displayed symptoms of depression over the choices that he has made in the
past. He is afraid that his step father doesn’t love him any more due to these choices and the present
circumstances at home. Also during the session he switched his answer when asked if he continued
to have thoughts of suicide. His appearance showed that he was either having a rough morning or a
rough night. His eyes were red. Not the eyeballs, but his skin. This could possibly happen due to
crying, rubbing, or lack of sleep. After analysing his responses and appearance, I believe that is was
necessary to continue to keep a watchful eye on him.
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Dialogue
Identify skills,
techniques and
theories
Analysis/assessment
of dialogue
Therapist: Hey do you know Mrs.
Green
Client: Yes
Therapist: Do you mind if she
joins us in our session today?
Client: No. I don’t mind
Therapist: Great let’s go to the
control room and talk
Therapist: How are you feeling
today?
Client: (Smirks) I’m straight.
Therapist: Are you still thinking of
harming yourself?
Client: Yes
Therapist: Why are you wanting to
harm yourself?
Client: My dad doesn’t love me
anymore.
Intern: The word “love” is an
Engagement Skills
action word. Has your dad done
anything to show you that he
doesn’t love you?
Client: No. I guess not.
Intern: I believe he still loves you
Engagement Skills
based on your response.
Therapist: Tell me two positive
Strengths
things about yourself.
perspective
Client: I am loyal and support my
family
Therapist: That’s good that you
support your family.
Therapist: Have you been thinking
of harming yourself today?
Client: No. Not today.
Therapist: How is your sleep?
Having you been sleeping well?
Client: No. I constantly wake up in
the middle of the night.
Personal reactions and selfreflections to the interaction
I have seen this youth and
recognized that he is fairly
new. I’m not sure if he would
let me sit in on his session.
His mouth is shaking. I hope
he doesn’t cry because my
eyes are getting watery just
watching him.
Providing
Information
Interpretation
He looks depressed and his
eyes are extremely red.
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Intern: I see that your eyes are red.
Is it due to the lack of sleep or
rubbing?
Client: yes
Intern: What do you do when
you’re awake in the night.
Client: I write about how I’m
feeling and what I’ve done in the
past.
Intern: What are some of those
decisions that you’ve made that
bother you?
Client: I would go steal stuff with
friends or if I ask my mom for
something and she doesn’t give it to
me then I would go out and get it.
Intern: Do you think your mom
Engagement Skills
isn’t able to give you what you
want or that she just won’t do it?
Client: She don’t give me stuff
because of my behavior.
Therapist: So, you have trouble
Engagement skills
with impulse. Why do you think
you have trouble with just taking
things?
Client: I don’t have any patience
and I should be punished for the
things that I’ve done.
Intern: Everyone makes mistakes.
No one is perfect. I have done
things that I regret. I’m sure Mrs.
Sanchez has too.
Therapist: Yes. I have done many
bad things.
Intern: It is normal for people to
make poor decisions, but we must
learn from them and continue, not
allow them to beat us up and leave
us unhappy.
Client: (Shakes his head to say
yes.)
Building rapport
Building rapport
Engagement Skills
Disclosure
Engagement Skills
Encouragement
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Therapist: Are we going to try to
be positive today?
Client: yes
Therapist: Would you like to call
your father.
Client: (smiles) Yea.
Therapist: Why are you smiling.
Client: Because I love talking to
my dad. He’s the only one that
understands me.
Therapist: What do you think Mrs.
Green, should we keep him on
precautions?
Intern: Yes, because I want to
make sure you’re doing okay
because we care about you Client.
Clients: (starts laughing and shakes
his head that he understands)
Therapist: I agree.
END
I believe that he is a good kid.
From our conversation, he is
unsure of his future, but
wants to do great things. He
just needs a little push.
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References
Kirst-Ashman, K. K., & Hull, G. H., Jr. (2015). Understanding generalist practice (6th ed.).
Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning