I got to talk to this awesome person tonight!!
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| Yes, it's an old picture...but still one of my favorites!! |
Seriously, we were so overdue for a two hour phone call and it was perfect!! I love that no matter how far apart we may be living, or how long it's been since the last phone call/skype session, we can always pick right back up where we left off.
But tonight, I noticed something different about our conversation. And I blame grad school. We concluded it is just an "occupational hazard." But seriously, as she would talk, I was super conscious of what I was saying and how I was responding to her. I think it's because we just had to an assignment where we had a mock interview/session with a "client" and then had to transcribe a portion of that interview. We then went through the transcription and marked every time we used a minimal encourager, summarization, reflection of feeling, advice giving, etc. All those therapeutic techniques are now on my mind and as she told me all about her exciting adventures, I kept analyzing what I was saying.
You're using too many minimal encouragers...She can't even see you shake your head...That was a good reflection of feeling...Should you really be giving advice here? And then I actually said "You're talking in the past tense- I felt ___ and I thought ___. Does that mean you've changed your mind?"
Seriously!?!? I mean, I guess it's good because these things are sinking in and I'm definitely more aware of them, but... not how I pictured it going! So, this serves as your warning for our future conversations... It's an occupational hazard and you never know when those skills are going to pop up.
Oh man. I totally remember feeling this way as I talked to my fellow MSW students in grad school. But it does get easier and it becomes more a part of who you are until you become almost unconscious of it. I know you're doing great!
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