"Having worked in many settings in the field, I am a firm believer that the key to a successful overall therapy with a patient is their belief in what we are doing together and their willingness to let me guide them. This belief started with a young man I was working with that was suffering from severe speech issues. To get him to become a believer in our sessions together, I took our first meeting together to get to know him and what interested him in life. Finding out that he was a fan of Disney movies, I was able to incorporate the characters he loved into his sessions from there forward and making them very successful."

The interview wants to hear that you enjoy your job. Now is the time to get excited about sharing your passion! What is your favorite memory from a therapy session? This will make a great answer for this question. Briefly, give an overview of the session, and explain why the session was so great!

"I had the opportunity to be involved with a patient in the hospital who had become increasingly frustrated every day at their lack of progression, although they clearly were trying. This was a frustrating point for the SLP, myself, as well as the patient. I watched the patience and empathy of the SLP in his care and time that he took with the patient, and watched the patient relax with this care and considerable time spent with him. It did take some time, but over days and then weeks, we all saw immeasurable progression in his speech and this made all of the time spent worth it."