Career- Counseling Interview and Assessment Techniques

assists clients in developing self-understanding forming conclusions looking at alternative actions

viewed as a helping interview used by social workers to build a social

history Used by Psychiatrists and clinical

psychologists to form treatment considerations

THE ASSESSMENT INTERVIEW

A. General appearanceB. Attitude and behaviorC. Affect and moodD. Demographic informationE. Work experienceF. Medical historyG. Educational historyH. Family history

Current Status Information

Worker role◦ Work history

Homemaker◦ Spouse◦ Parent

Leisure role Citizen role

Discovering the significance of life roles and potential conflict

Identifying client goals

Determining the feasibility of goals

Establishing subgoals

Assessing commitment to goals (Brown, Brooks, and associates, 1990)

Developing goals and objectives

Problems in living

Behaviors that may lead to work maladjustment

Faulty cognitions

Memory and persistence

Supplement to the interview: Discovering problems that interfere with career

development.

1.) rapport

2.) observation

3.) self-disclosure

4.) open and close- ended questions

5.) Echoing, restatement, or paraphrasing

6.) Continuation

7.) staying on track.

TECHNIQUES FOR INTERVIEWING

greet with enthusiasm

Communicate with sincerity and competence.

Use the client’s terms for expressing an

emotion.

Express interest through Body language and

verbal expressions

Resist using psychological jargon.

ESTABLISHING RAPPORT

Observe body language

jot down first impressions but is willing to

modify early conclusions when it is

justifiable

Voice recording or video recording with the

client’s permission

OBSERVATION

Counselors should be very selective when using self –disclosure

immediate feedback through self-disclosure about a client’s personal problems usually increase the client’s willingness to discuss them in greater depth (Halpern, 1977; Thase and Page, 1977;Cormier, 1991)

SELF-DISCLOSURE

open-ended questions facilitate emotion or expression ( Hopkinson, Cox, and Rutter, 1981)

close-ended questions have higher reliability and narrow the focus of the interview (Othmer and Othmer, 1989)

Open-ended questions usually are formed with the worlds tell me, explain more fully, what, how, when, or where

Close-ended questions request more specific information

clients’ statements or mixed messages can be clarified through the use of both open-ended and close-ended questions

OPEN-AND CLOSE- ENDED QUESTIONS

To focus attention on the situation, object, person, or general idea of a statement

Paraphrasing or echoing the cognitive portion of a statement provides greater chances for obtaining a measure of the emotional tone associated with its content

ECHOING, RESTATEMENT OR PARAPHRASING

steering techniques used to encourage clients to go on with topic

Use nonverbal gestures such ◦ eye contact ◦ nodding ◦ staying silent ◦ using hand movements that invite the client to

continue Typical statements

◦ “Go On”, Tell me more,” Hmm,” and What happened after that?”

(Othmer and Othmer,1989).

USING CONTINUATION

Maintaining content focus is an effective technique for gainful productive in a dyadic relationship

STAYING ON TRACK