A client may vacillate between different stages of change. It is important to know some motivational strategies to ensure they do not get complacent or stuck. What are some processes that can be applied when a client is precontemplative?
What will be an ideal response?
Using motivational interviewing techniques the therapist begins to listen for and seek out ambivalence about negative consequences. Illuminate discrepancy in these mixed feelings.
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Why are women less likely than men to enter treatment over their lifetime? a. Women have higher educational attainment so don't need treatment as much
b. Women are more likely to have children which gives them a reason to stay abstinent without treatment. c. Women have more money than men. d. Women may fear losing custody of their children if they go to treatment.
Ell concluded what about the experience of a crisis?
a. Individuals are often less receptive to professional intervention during a crisis. b. The state of situational distress that accompanies a crisis reinforces the individual's usual steady state. c. Individuals frequently experience a state of acute emotional disequilibrium during a crisis. d. All of these answers.
One of the traditional expectations of professional social workers is that they
suspend judgment about clients’ behavior and actions even when either their own or societal values demand a judgment.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.What were some of the benefits and challenges Linda faced in working with groups?
As an employee of a private, nonprofit HIV/AIDS clinic in a rural North Carolina community, Linda Summerfield’s job was to provide direct services to people with HIV/AIDS as well as to connect them with resources. Aware of their needs, she also respected their need for confidentiality and anonymity in an area where issues surrounding HIV/AIDS were highly charged and prejudice was common. In 1999, Linda was also eager to help six men in her caseload who were struggling with uncertainty, loneliness, and isolation. Aware of their shared needs, she believed in the healing power of group work for such clients. Although initially reluctant, the six men agreed to “meet” via telephone and, despite their apprehension and some technical difficulties, after five weeks all agreed that the experience was helpful. But when meeting via telephone became unworkable, Linda faced decisions over whether and how or where to persuade the men to continue meeting.