Which of the following statements is true of the skill of reflecting feelings?
A. It requires that a social worker feel the same emotions as those felt by clients.
B. Effective use of the reflecting feelings skill requires a limited and standard vocabulary of terms
that connote emotions.
C. It cannot be used to interpret nonverbal messages.
D. Early in the working relationship between a social worker and a client, unspoken emotions are
ignored.
ANS: A
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Feedback: The skill of reflecting feelings requires that a social worker feel the same emotions as those felt by
clients. Empathy can be uncomfortable, even painful. Partly because of such discomfort, you may be tempted to
convert feeling reflections into content reflections by neglecting to use words that convey emotions
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