A Gay adolescent's parents want him to seek reparative therapy and want to schedule an appointment with the social worker to provide the treatment and/ or give him a referral. The social worker is not familiar with this technique. What should the social worker do?

A. Agree to see the client and get a social worker skilled in Reparative therapy to coach her
B. See the client and ask the client to talk about his feeling In a non-judgmental way
C. Immediately refer him to someone who knows therapy
D. Tell the family you are not familiar with that therapy and ask if they would like you to research it for them and give them a call back


D. Tell the family you are not familiar with that therapy and ask if they would like you to research it for them and give them a call back.

If you are not familiar with a therapy you should not promise to use it or refer for its use.
First you need to know what the treatment is.

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