How to Answer: Describe to me your best therapy session?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Speech Pathology job interview.
19. Describe to me your best therapy session?
How to Answer
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!
Written by Heather Douglass
Entry Level
"During my work experience in my Master's degree program, I was fortunate to be able to work in an elementary school setting. While there, I worked with a young girl that was struggling with her speech skills and these struggles were creating a lot of stress for her in the classroom. In one brief meeting with her, I could tell she was a bright student. I explained to her, in terms she would understand, the steps we would take to work on her speech and she began crying tears of joy and hugged me. Her seeing a light at the end of the tunnel for her struggles with her speech really made my day and our sessions from there on our went wonderfully!"
Written by Ryan Brunner
Answer Example
"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."
Written by Heather Douglass
Experienced
"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."
Written by Ryan Brunner