SW 3003 : SW 3003 Midterm Fall 2015
Document Summary
Counseling is more in depth with head nods and surface type stuff. Psychotherapy focuses on deep-seated personality or behavioral difficulties. Social workers should provide clients with an opportunity to ask questions: know what multicultural competence includes: multicultural competence is imperative in counseling and psychotherapy. Every client you encounter will be different from the last and different from you. Attune your responses to the unique human being before you. Respecting and honoring our differences brings us together as one people. Empathy is experiencing the world as if you are the client, but remaining separate. Empathy is communicating to the client that you understand. Empathy is central to the relationship and the working alliance. What, how, why or could? open questions begin an interview. Open questions open new topics and pinpoint/clarify details. Open questions identify specifics and assist with client/situation assessment.
