Behavior Health Technician ( Bht ) At Children Hospital Of...

1. Describe the event/experience/scenario. I am currently a Behavior Health Technician (BHT) at Children Hospital of the King’s Daughters (CHKD). My role is to provide guidance and support patients with acute mental health and suicide ideation. I relatively enjoy my job and often find it very easy to build strong client-worker relationships. Before a recent event as well as other current life experiences, I was very confident of myself. Even though I did not always apply what I was under the assumption was intrinsic self -confidence. I have always believed in my heart; â€Å"I can accomplish anything I put my mind to.† However, recently indicative of several challenging experiences my philosophy was put to the test. In this paper, I will be discussing a particular event that made me reevaluate my impartial subjective thinking and its potential fallacy. About a month ago, while at work, I was asked to assist a behavior health patient in the emergency room. On a typical day, the first thing I do is collect historical background data of the client from a standard report. In my opinion, this is helpful for me to determine suitable intervention approaches. However, because of time limitations I spoke directly to another BHT to collect the client’s information. She seemed profusely negative and acrimonious about having to work with the patient. I believe she had already formed her opinion about the client and was now trying to infringe her feelings on me. As a result, I immediately