Understanding that a commitment to change involves a great deal of ambivalence
helps social workers in their work with clients because:
a. it can facilitate the amount of depth and exploration that a person goes into
with a social worker.
b. it can help the social worker relate and understand to how the client may be
feeling during the process of the work.
c. it can facilitate conversations that illuminate the ambivalence for a specific
person and help the person find his or her way to a decision about what to
do.
d. it can help the client feel more comfortable and at ease because the social
worker may be more attuned to how they are feeling about the work.
C
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a) macro/micro b) informational/symbolic
Why has legislation against most illicit drugs been a success in that it remains in place and more or less enforced? (Most persons incarcerated in federal prisons, and about a third in state prisons, were convicted for violating the drug laws.) In contrast, laws against the sale of alcohol were a failure in the sense that they were repealed. Why the difference? Explain what social forces brought about the success of one and the failure of the other.
What will be an ideal response?
The goal of crisis intervention is to change the precipitating event
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Bowen describes a person who is so close to his or her family of origin that independent decisions are considered a betrayal as possibly being
a. cut off. b. loyal. c. enmeshed. d. overly connected.