SWK 395 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Nancy Kelly
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If you have a bad attitude based on outside issues, 90+% of the time the client will think it is about them even if it is not. Requires intentional focus on the client"s story, needs, and goals. Stay clear about purpose of the interview avoid drifting from subject to subject in nonproductive ways. Hold appointments, even if personal life takes a backseat. End phase: next time we are going to . Develop and maintain a warm, trustful, and collaborative relationship in which the client feels comfortable to open up, share, and elaborate. Develop new perspectives, skills, introduction of new subjects. Review progress, evaluation of the progress and relationship. How to be genuine while at the same time be self-aware and deliberate. Social workers must make very deliberate decisions about what they share about themselves with the clients. Personal sharing should only occur if the clinician believes it will forward the goals of the work.