Psychology Research paper Assignment on Sexual History Interview

Overview
For this assignment, you will conduct a sexual history with a peer and write a reflection on a sexual history interview. Deliverables for the assignment include a transcription of interviewer prompts and responses and reflection paper completed as follows:

Instructions
Part 1: Interview
For this part of the assignment, work with a partner to practice taking a sexual history as a skill-building exercise. Transcribe your parts of the interview only, and annotate the transcription by listing 25 foundational clinical skills used and other possible ways of phrasing your questions or statements. Submit the transcription of your questions and responses as the clinician, along with the self-reflection paper, following the guidelines provided.

For the interview, do the following:

Use the Sexual History and Assessment document linked in Resources as a guide. You should assume the role of the therapist or interviewer for a minimum of 30 minutes and then switch roles with your partner. The meeting should last approximately 90 minutes, with time before and after to introduce yourselves, work out who will play which role first, and share any feedback or processing you want to after each interview is complete.
You will not be able to go through all of the interview questions during this time. Choose questions from different parts of the Sexual History and Assessment document to see what it is like to ask questions about different topics and different time periods. Your questions should include gathering diverse information about the family of origin and exploring how these factors related to your partner’s sexual learning and development.
You must ask at least one question about sexual identity and one question about gender identity as a part of your interview.
Challenge yourself if you are uncomfortable with the questions in your clinician or client role. You will include a discussion about your comfort level and the challenges of this interview in the reflections section of this assignment.
An important part of this assignment is the development of your clinical skills used when discussing personal issues such as sexual experiences.

Do not transcribe the interviewee’s responses.
While conducting the interview, refer to the Foundational Clinical Skills document linked in Resources as a reference for the joining, questioning, and assessment skills you are developing in preparation for your practicum work.
Note: When you are being interviewed, it is up to you to decide how much to share with your interview partner. If you are asked a question you do not want to answer, you may decline to respond or withhold some details as appropriate. You decide which questions to answer.

Part 2: Transcription
Each interviewer should record their part of the interview and use the Transcription Form linked in Resources to transcribe therapist (interviewer) questions and responses only. Do not transcribe your partner’s answers. You will submit the completed transcription worksheet along with your self-reflection paper. Your transcription should include the following:

Recorded questions, responses, or statements from the interviewer (yourself) in the left column of the form.
The foundational clinical skills are demonstrated in the middle column of the form. Identify foundational clinical skills you used in joining with your partner, formulating questions, and assessing as needed. Also, identify foundational clinical skills you could have applied to improve the question or your response. Then rewrite the question or response to incorporate those skills.
Example:
The interviewer says, “You said your father gave you the talk. Did your parents teach you the proper names for the sexual parts of the body?”
Foundational clinical skills used: Paraphrasing, using client’s language, curiosity.
Foundational clinical skills that could have been added: Open-ended questions, relational questions, reframing to context.
The right column with revised or additional responses. Record what you could have said in this column, such as “You said your father gave you the talk. How did your parents decide who would do it? How much information did you get about names for body parts? How was the talk influenced by your family’s religious identity?”
The process of transcription is to allows you to reflect and think about your statements and the responses from a process level. Did you gather the information you thought you would from the questions? Did your client appear comfortable and willing to answer the questions? If not, what do you think you could have done differently? If you did create an environment of comfort and safety, how did you do this? Questions and statements can always be delivered differently; thinking about alternative ways of asking expands your awareness of the process.

Part 3: Self-of-the-Therapist Reflection of the Interview Process
This may have been the first time you have discussed issues of sexuality and gender with anyone and it might have been a challenging as well as an interesting experience. It is critical as therapists that we process the impact of our clinical interactions and be curious about the meanings and feelings that we become aware of. Ignoring these could interfere with our effectiveness as clinicians. Watch the recording of your interview and observe your facial expressions, tone of voice, and pace throughout the interview—as the clinician and as the client. What do you notice? Think about how you approached the assignment and perhaps talked with others about the questions you were to ask and be asked. What was that like? How did you feel after the session? What stood out to you from the interview? With this in mind, write a minimum four-page reflection and be sure to include the following points:

Consider how this assignment has impacted you personally and how your personal beliefs and values impacted the assignment, as the interviewer and as the interviewee. What was most comfortable for you? What was least comfortable? What surprised you? What insights did you have as a result of participation?
In what areas do you generally experience discomfort or bias related to sexuality and gender issues? How do you typically respond to sexual values and practices outside your comfort zone when they arise in your family, your friendships, popular culture, or other settings? How do your personal beliefs, values, and attitudes influence your approach to topics of sex and gender? “I have no biases” is not a sufficient response for this section.
Create a plan for addressing your areas of discomfort or bias and improve responses to therapy interactions that trigger such biases.
Additional Requirements
Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting.
Length of paper: Use the Transcription Form for Part 2 of your assignment. Your reflection for Part 3 should be a minimum of 5 typed, double-spaced content pages (plus title and reference pages).
A number of resources: Use a minimum of 3 scholarly resources. Textbooks are not considered scholarly references in this context.
Font and font-size: Times New Roman, 12 points.