Reflections on Role Play

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Reflections on Role Play
When I took on the role of providing
support and advice to a student who is unsure of
whether to continue with higher studies or to
embark on a vocational career, I for one was
most excited. I myself am quite a passionate
student and an avid learner. I love to spend my
time reading and learning as much as possible
and I like to foster the same interest in people
around me, be it my friends, my peers or my
family members.
The role play that I undertook involved
me interacting with one particular client, an
individual who has not done too well in his
studies and who wishes to now drop out and
pursue a more vocational career instead. As I
engaged in a personal one on one interaction
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with this particular student the first thing that is
decided to ensure in our communication was
client privacy and confidentiality. I made it a
point to make the client feel as comfortable as
possible and gave him the idea that he had
nothing to worry about as far as the revelation of
information was concerned. I assured the client
that everything that he would reveal to me as a
part of the interview process is something that I
would keep hundred percent confidential and
that a breach of trust would not take place at all.
The fact that I did so is something that put my
client at ease immediately. At first he had
appeared to be quite stressed about the interview
procedure, but as he got to know that everything
that he would say to me would be kept
confidential, he looked far more relaxed and
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happy and at ease with the various questions that
I then proceed to direct at him.
Another thing that I made sure to keep in
mind at the time of undertaking the role play
was to keep my body language positive for the
most part. I gave the impression to my client that
he had nothing to worry about and that I was not
in the room to hurt him or to cause trouble for
him in any given way whatsoever. I also
managed to convey to him with my positive
body language that my intention was to help him
chart out the future course of his life, and
understand whether staying on the path of
academics would work for him or not, or
whether pursuing a more professional path is
what he was better destined for. I also made sure
that the questions that I was asking him as a part
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