Describe the steps involved in helping the client achieve clarity, or, boiling down the problem.
What will be an ideal response?
Frequently clients do not have goals - they’ve been focused on the problems. Helping clients to “boil down problems” makes goals clearer, reduces anxiety and enhances hope.
The steps in boiling down a problem are
1. Summarizing – finding agreement on the content.
2. Asking the client to identify the most important problems using closed questions.
3. Selecting the focal problem– one or two at a time are probably sufficient.
4. Change the problem to a goal. Solution –focused questioning helps here. What will the problem look like when it is solved?
5. Making sure client and helper are in clear agreement. Ensure both helper and client agree and have the client repeat or record them in writing.
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