When helping workers cope with clients’ grief, you should:
a. Discourage clients from talking about their loss because that will only make them feel worse
b. Discourage them from crying and making major displays of emotion because this only encourages them to lose
control
c. Only provide honest information in response to clients’ questions if it won’t make them feel worse? otherwise,
avoid sharing painful information with them
d. Encourage, but don’t force, clients to talk both with you and supportive others
d
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A client who is suffering from depression asks a social worker to read her journal. After reading it, the social worker identifies major themes of her writings including feeling isolated, not understood, and rejected by her family. The social worker speaks with the client about these issues and they decide to include them as treatment goals. These goals are based on which of the following in the journal?
A. Latent content B. Manifest content C Explicit communication D. Overt writings
_____________ is considered more important by experiential therapists for healthy family functioning than either problem-solving skills or functional family structure
a. open, spontaneous experiencing b. insight c. symptom relief d. none of the above
In addition to power base, the text stated that effective task group leaders require each of
the following skills except:
A. Taking action B. Providing counseling for members C. Collecting and assessing information D. Promoting group functioning
International organizations such as the International Council on Social Welfare perform an important role in promoting what?
A. NASW and the role of social workers B. worldwide consideration of human rights C. democratic elections of females D. funding for bicycles to combat pollution