Psychology Mock Session Assignment You will only be writing the transcript for the mock session 45- to 50-minute videotaped mock therapy session. Follow

Psychology Mock Session Assignment You will only be writing the transcript for the mock session

45- to 50-minute videotaped mock therapy session. Follow these guidelines:
Use a “mock” client. Prepare your mock client to exhibit the following behavior as part of his or her mock presenting issues:
Resistance/sustain talk
Ambivalence talk
Change talk
Demonstrate your proficiency with the following skills and therapist behaviors, using a theoretical orientation
Rapport building
Open questions (No more than two in a row)
Reflective listening
Summarizing
Affirmation
Roll with resistance/Decrease resistance
Develop discrepancy
Elicit change talk
Confront client in a non-direct manner
Express empathy and interest through body language
Respectful manner toward client
Facilitate therapeutic endings