How would you partialize your client’s issues?
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: Students' answers will vary. The skill of partializing (Perlman, 1957; Shulman, 1992) is used to help clients
break down multiple or complex aspects and dimensions of the person-issue-situation into more manageable units so
you can address them more easily. Partializing is especially helpful during the exploration phase. If you and a client
tried to deal with a multitude of facts, ideas, or feelings simultaneously, one or both of you would probably end up
quite confused. Sometimes, there are simply too many phenomena to explore effectively all at once. The partializing
skill helps you and clients to maintain a sense of coherence by considering smaller, more manageable units of
information one at a time
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