1. Are there certain questions on your intake form that distinguish your intake form from other psychotherapist forms? And why did you choose those questions?
2. Is it common for psychotherapists to have a statement of philosophy on their website, if yes/no, why did you include yours? And how/why did you include those sources (Dean Hepworth, Jo Ann Larsen)
3. Have you had help with your writing process/style for your webpage or other documents that you provide (Disclosure Statement, Intake Form, etc.) If so, on what part and why?
4. With all the different jobs that you've had so far, how was your writing style varied with each job?
5. Which types of writing do you like the most and least, and why?
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Thesis statements draft
Here are a couple of thesis statements that I was thinking about:
1. Getting into writing is only essential for people who have majors or jobs that requires a lot of writing.
2. In the future the informal writing style is going to be much more interesting for many people than the formal writing style
3. How important is writing and how big are the effects on someone who is not good at writing
1. Getting into writing is only essential for people who have majors or jobs that requires a lot of writing.
2. In the future the informal writing style is going to be much more interesting for many people than the formal writing style
3. How important is writing and how big are the effects on someone who is not good at writing
Week 6 Readings Response
So this weeks reading was a lot more than usual, but they all were different interesting topics so I really liked that! Let me tell you what I thought of each reading:
- They Say, I Say Chapter 7
The main two questions what they are focusing on here is: So what? and Who Cares?. In the beginning I seriously didn't really understand what is was exactly about but how more I read how more sense it started making to me. This was a pretty interesting article because those questions are actually really great as soon as you write something, it really makes you getting in much more detail than you normally would and I feel like if you seriously follow this then you would do a great thing by leaving the readers without any hanging, confusing questions. I also liked the part where they said that even though the readers already know why it matters, that you should still keep on asking those questions to yourself until you reach that point where you can't continue anymore. I never thought of any of this and I think those questions are great to start implementing when writing anything.
- Everything's An Argument Chapter 16
This was a nice article to read about because obviously as a full-time student, I will have to deal a lot with Academic Arguments, and honestly, it's not really my favorite thing. I definitely agree with them when they talk about that the style of writing an academic argument is very stiff and there is a loooot of formality so the style of writing is not very 'alive'. Still, it was very helpful to read all the tips they are giving on how to develop an academic argument. Also, it reminded me again about how careful research is so important when writing an academic argument and really is the essence of it. So it was nice to kind of get a refreshment on this topic.
- Shitty First Drafts
What I liked about this article is that it was a personal article with mainly personal, but interesting advice. I liked the style of writing and it was not too hard for me to read and understand it. This is also something that I haven't really thought about too much because honestly I am really not a 'draft' person and don't do it too often. After reading this it did make me realize that it is something very important that you have to do and that out of so many simple, 'stupid' drafts, the best things come out of it. I think it is also something that you don't have to think about too much, and just let it go. I really want to try to start doing this as well but it might take me some time.
- Understanding Rhetoric Page 148 - 159
Ugh I was so happy to not having to deal with this style of writing for a little while, but there I found myself again reading it like 3 times over again, but I got there. :) This was an article also talking about arguments, and actually I love reading about arguments because I love them haha. I liked the sentence where they made up a definition that said: ''A statement is arguable if it represents a position with which a reasonable person could disagree''. It is important to remember that arguments are great, but it really depends on how you deal with the argument. So like when they are talking about that an argument needs grounds or evidence from which we develop a position. This was also a good refreshment for me because I realized that there are so many people having arguments, including myself, while many times there is not even evidence and it is just opinion based. Nothing wrong with that, but if you want to make a great argument obviously evidence is the key. So it was nice reading about all this and keeping in the essence of an argument in mind.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Email request draft
Dear Mr/Ms,
My name is Angelica Askamp, I am a psychology student at Antioch University Santa Barbara. One of the classes that I am taking is called Academic Writing, for that class I am requiered to do a couple of assignments and I was wondering if you would be able to help me with one of them.
Basically what I am supposed to do, is to reach out to an individual working in a career or organization that I am interested in, and request 3-5 writing artifacts. The reason why I have reached out to you is because I am a pschychology major and therefore I believe it would be very interesting to receive those artifacts from an actual psychologyst. Now what I will be doing with those artifacts, is analyze them and see what the differences are in writing style with each artifact. So if you would be willing to send me those artifacts, it would be great to receive various written artifacts so I can ultimately analyze the differences.
I hope I have been able to provide you with sufficient and clear information considering my assignment and I would highly appreciate it if you would be able to help me. If there are any questions or uncertainties, please don't hestitate in contacting me.
Kind regards,
Angelica Askamp
My name is Angelica Askamp, I am a psychology student at Antioch University Santa Barbara. One of the classes that I am taking is called Academic Writing, for that class I am requiered to do a couple of assignments and I was wondering if you would be able to help me with one of them.
Basically what I am supposed to do, is to reach out to an individual working in a career or organization that I am interested in, and request 3-5 writing artifacts. The reason why I have reached out to you is because I am a pschychology major and therefore I believe it would be very interesting to receive those artifacts from an actual psychologyst. Now what I will be doing with those artifacts, is analyze them and see what the differences are in writing style with each artifact. So if you would be willing to send me those artifacts, it would be great to receive various written artifacts so I can ultimately analyze the differences.
I hope I have been able to provide you with sufficient and clear information considering my assignment and I would highly appreciate it if you would be able to help me. If there are any questions or uncertainties, please don't hestitate in contacting me.
Kind regards,
Angelica Askamp
Week 5 reading reaction
This weeks reading was pretty chill and clear, but besides that it was also really interesting and helpful and was able to find myself in many points of the readings so I was happy to read all about that.
- "They Say, I say" Chapter 9:
I liked this reading a lot and could really find myself into it. I feel like "academic writing" can be pretty struggling sometimes especially as an international student which doesn't have a great vocabulary compared to native americans. It is much easier for me to kind of write like I talk but obviously I do know that I also need to include "more difficult" words. It was nice to read that actually a combination of both is how it should be and that this is also a part of what makes a good writer. It was also very helpful for me to read the examples of other people who used the combination and this gave me a much better perspective on how to use the combination and how it should look like. After reading this I will really try to implement the best of both worlds and hopefully I'll get much better at it after each time!
- "They Say, I say" Chapter 11:
This reading was also really nice and also with this I could really find myself in it because as a full-time student, and especial at antioch, you deal with a lot of class discussions and I also happen to really like them and am a very active participater during class discussions. Now while I was reading this article I was really figuring that there is so much more that I can improve and I really was not aware of that even with just a simple class discussion there are basically rules you have to follow in order to make it a good interesting class discussion.
I really liked it when they stated that the point of a class discussion is that our own ideas become more cogent and powerful, the more responsive we are to others, I really didn't look at it that way so that was interesting to read about. Also the part of linking to what someone has said, especially in a clear way, was helpful for me cause even though I do sometimes link to what other people had said, I feel like I could've made it a lot more clear. Then last but not least, highlighting my key point is also something that I have to work on many times. I tend to be kind of unclear sometimes and that I'm not really getting to my key point, so it was great reading the example phrases in order to improve that.
- "They Say, I say" Chapter 9:
I liked this reading a lot and could really find myself into it. I feel like "academic writing" can be pretty struggling sometimes especially as an international student which doesn't have a great vocabulary compared to native americans. It is much easier for me to kind of write like I talk but obviously I do know that I also need to include "more difficult" words. It was nice to read that actually a combination of both is how it should be and that this is also a part of what makes a good writer. It was also very helpful for me to read the examples of other people who used the combination and this gave me a much better perspective on how to use the combination and how it should look like. After reading this I will really try to implement the best of both worlds and hopefully I'll get much better at it after each time!
- "They Say, I say" Chapter 11:
This reading was also really nice and also with this I could really find myself in it because as a full-time student, and especial at antioch, you deal with a lot of class discussions and I also happen to really like them and am a very active participater during class discussions. Now while I was reading this article I was really figuring that there is so much more that I can improve and I really was not aware of that even with just a simple class discussion there are basically rules you have to follow in order to make it a good interesting class discussion.
I really liked it when they stated that the point of a class discussion is that our own ideas become more cogent and powerful, the more responsive we are to others, I really didn't look at it that way so that was interesting to read about. Also the part of linking to what someone has said, especially in a clear way, was helpful for me cause even though I do sometimes link to what other people had said, I feel like I could've made it a lot more clear. Then last but not least, highlighting my key point is also something that I have to work on many times. I tend to be kind of unclear sometimes and that I'm not really getting to my key point, so it was great reading the example phrases in order to improve that.
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Reading Reaction week 4
I actually felt pretty relieved with this weeks readings, because I thought it was pretty easy to read and didn't feel like it was too much or felt kind of bothered by reading it. I will give you my best reaction to both readings.
- Everything's an argument ''Rhetorical Analysis''
It was pretty interesting to get more knowledge about what a rhetorical analysis is and I've actually realized that I've read many rhetorical analysis' and that I wasn't aware of the fact that what I was reading was something that what was so called a rhetorical analysis. I also think it was interesting to read that there are actually many factors that you have to think of when you are writing an rhetorical analysis and that basically you are kind of making a fool of yourself when you write a rhetorical analysis without taking all of those important factors into account. So far as I can remember, I've never written a rhetorical analysis so far. But as soon as I do I will for sure look back to the material that I've read today because it surely has very good tips included.
- Everything's an argument: ''Finding Evidence''
So this reading basically for me was much common sense. In our life there are many times that we will have or are wanting to proof or persuade things and in order to do that we need to get the best evidence we can. Then again, you can't always use the same sort of evidence for all kinds of things and like it said in the readings, the evidence you collect for let's say a school project, is not the same kind of evidence that you would need to collect for a psychological research. What I do think, is that it also has to do with a persons abilities to make sure that they are able to collect correct evidence. What I mean by saying this, is that a person basically has to be good with many things like the internet, a computer, a library, researching things in a book, etcetera. Because if for instance if you have no idea how to work with a computer or the internet, then that will already limit you in collecting a good amount of evidence then someone who knows exactly how all of that works.
Personally, I also believe that people have to be more aware of how important evidence is and that they should dive more into all of the available options there are to collect evidence and trust me it can save you from many situations. Just to give you a quick personal example: One time I got a fine that wasn't fair at all. So I called the company and explained them my situation and the representative on the phone said that everything was ok and that she took care of it. Later I get another letter saying that I hadn't paid my fine and they increased the amount. I called them again and said that I spoke to a representative before and that she took care of it. They asked me who I spoke to and unfortunately I did not write down her name and so had no evidence of ever talking to someone. This has been a great lesson for me and would like to give this advice to the rest as well in case you didn't know this yet. But so yeah, if I had just simply written down that name than I did have evidence that I did speak to someone and maybe the situation would've turned out much better.
- Everything's an argument ''Rhetorical Analysis''
It was pretty interesting to get more knowledge about what a rhetorical analysis is and I've actually realized that I've read many rhetorical analysis' and that I wasn't aware of the fact that what I was reading was something that what was so called a rhetorical analysis. I also think it was interesting to read that there are actually many factors that you have to think of when you are writing an rhetorical analysis and that basically you are kind of making a fool of yourself when you write a rhetorical analysis without taking all of those important factors into account. So far as I can remember, I've never written a rhetorical analysis so far. But as soon as I do I will for sure look back to the material that I've read today because it surely has very good tips included.
- Everything's an argument: ''Finding Evidence''
So this reading basically for me was much common sense. In our life there are many times that we will have or are wanting to proof or persuade things and in order to do that we need to get the best evidence we can. Then again, you can't always use the same sort of evidence for all kinds of things and like it said in the readings, the evidence you collect for let's say a school project, is not the same kind of evidence that you would need to collect for a psychological research. What I do think, is that it also has to do with a persons abilities to make sure that they are able to collect correct evidence. What I mean by saying this, is that a person basically has to be good with many things like the internet, a computer, a library, researching things in a book, etcetera. Because if for instance if you have no idea how to work with a computer or the internet, then that will already limit you in collecting a good amount of evidence then someone who knows exactly how all of that works.
Personally, I also believe that people have to be more aware of how important evidence is and that they should dive more into all of the available options there are to collect evidence and trust me it can save you from many situations. Just to give you a quick personal example: One time I got a fine that wasn't fair at all. So I called the company and explained them my situation and the representative on the phone said that everything was ok and that she took care of it. Later I get another letter saying that I hadn't paid my fine and they increased the amount. I called them again and said that I spoke to a representative before and that she took care of it. They asked me who I spoke to and unfortunately I did not write down her name and so had no evidence of ever talking to someone. This has been a great lesson for me and would like to give this advice to the rest as well in case you didn't know this yet. But so yeah, if I had just simply written down that name than I did have evidence that I did speak to someone and maybe the situation would've turned out much better.
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Week 3 Reading Reflection
Both chapter 7 and 8 about communication were very nice to read about. Even though I did feel like a lot of think are common sense, it is still very surprising to see how many steps there actually are for each thing and how you should start of with one thing first before you go on to the next one. For example the three step routine/positive messages. Like they say important things in the first step such as analyze the situation, get to know your audience and organize your information. Then the second step: Adapting to different situations. Then step 3: Revise, produce, proofread and distribute it. So this all shows how important it is to do everything step by step in order to complete it 'perfectly'.
Also all the ways to communicate in a business way is great to read about. I feel like technology has been such a blessing when it comes to business communication and it offers great things. Here also for example I had no idea about like the podcasts that that was a way of communicating so I've been informed with a new way myself too. Obviously communication is the most important thing and we might underestimate that sometimes but I think if we get well informed each day about ways to communicate especially when it comes to a business then you can improve and make your business bigger than never before!
With 'Everything Rhetoric' fortunately this part was much easier for me to read about. I just loved the part where the character had a motto which said: "Writing means ALWAYS changing''. This is so great and it is very true that when you write you constantly have to meet the needs of different audiences. You can't write the same way to your boss as you write to your crazy best friend. But then again I feel like it is very hard sometimes to know how you should write, like a person might come off as a person that you could write more informal to but what if they would totally not appreciate that and you got it wrong. So how it may seem so obvious for some audiences, I feel like it is also very hard for other audiences. It takes time to figure all of that out but I'm confident that after much more experience it all gets a lot easier.
Also all the ways to communicate in a business way is great to read about. I feel like technology has been such a blessing when it comes to business communication and it offers great things. Here also for example I had no idea about like the podcasts that that was a way of communicating so I've been informed with a new way myself too. Obviously communication is the most important thing and we might underestimate that sometimes but I think if we get well informed each day about ways to communicate especially when it comes to a business then you can improve and make your business bigger than never before!
With 'Everything Rhetoric' fortunately this part was much easier for me to read about. I just loved the part where the character had a motto which said: "Writing means ALWAYS changing''. This is so great and it is very true that when you write you constantly have to meet the needs of different audiences. You can't write the same way to your boss as you write to your crazy best friend. But then again I feel like it is very hard sometimes to know how you should write, like a person might come off as a person that you could write more informal to but what if they would totally not appreciate that and you got it wrong. So how it may seem so obvious for some audiences, I feel like it is also very hard for other audiences. It takes time to figure all of that out but I'm confident that after much more experience it all gets a lot easier.
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