Empathic confrontation is fundamental to helping clients face challenges and create change. Empathetic confrontation involves listening for conflict and discrepancies, presenting these issues, and evaluating the client’s response. In the role play exercise, I attempted to use empathic confrontation. My client was angry that her ex-boyfriend had assumed that she would not want to relocate with him. She was okay with relocating, but did not tell him this; rather, she remained mad at him for his assumptions and exclusion of her in decision-making. I noticed this discrepancy between my client’s feelings and actions, so I presented this issue. I started with the phrase: “So what I’m hearing is that…” I then summarized the two sides of her narrative. I was non-judgemental in my presentation of this discrepancy, as I gently stated the specific facts without adding my opinion. However, I did not word my confrontation very clearly, and therefore, it did not have the desired effect. I believe that I did not execute this confrontation well as,…show more content… In the role play session, I neglected to use these skills. Throughout the session, I reflected feelings to better understand my client’s emotions. For example, I reflected my client’s sadness and questioned if she felt rejected. She stated that anger was a better descriptor. To get a concrete example, I further delved into that emotion by asking her: “What specifically makes you angry?” In re-watching the video, I noticed that this would have been a good opportunity to reflect meaning by asking my client what her anger meant to her. However, I think that I was too focused on finding something to confront and completely forgot about reflecting meaning. Interpretation and reframing are especially imperative during the restorying stage. However, I did not have time for this stage, and therefore, also did not use these
