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Discuss the consequences of sexual attraction toward clients.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



List the guidelines for managing transference reactions.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



Discuss the significance of establishing trust between the client and the social worker.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



Discuss the importance of helper attractiveness.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



Explain cultural empathy.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



Discuss the types of tensions in cross-cultural relationships.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



Describe pathological or inept social workers.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



Discuss the difference between burnout and compassion fatigue.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



Describe the circumstances of burnout resulting in underinvolvement with clients.
 
  What will be an ideal response?



The therapeutic bind technique is used with clients who:
 
  A) have self-control.
  B) are self-aware.
  C) cling to self-defeating behaviors.
  D) are aggressive and abrasive.
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6 years ago
1) Romantic or sexual feelings toward clients can be especially hazardous to the helping relationship, although such feelings are by no means uncommon. Most social workers have at some point in their careers experienced this type of reaction toward a client. Acting on the attraction has long-lasting grievous consequences for clients. The consequences of sexual involvement are devastating for social workers as well. Managing such attraction appropriately is critical.

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2) The following guidelines help in managing transference reactions:
Be open to the possibility that a client's reaction is not unrealistic and may be a product of your behavior.
Be aware of the fact that a transference reaction can be triggered by a realistic appraisal of historical and current experiences of racial or cultural individuals.
When a client appears to expect you to respond in an anti-therapeutic manner, as professionals or significant others have in the past, it is important to respond differently.
Assist the client in determining the immediate source of distorted perceptions by exploring how and when the feelings emerged.
After a client has recognized the unrealistic nature of his or her feelings and gains an awareness of the distortions that produced those feelings, sharing your actual feelings can be reassuring.
Examine problematic feelings and assist individuals to explore whether they have experienced similar reactions in other relationships.

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3) Trust in a helping relationship evolves over time. Perlman (1957 ) described the climate as an essential element of the helping relationship in which a bond is created between the social worker and the client. Trust is integral to the climate in which the bonding between two people can occur. People can vary widely in their capacity to trust, and their ability to trust you may be a moment-to-moment transaction. Behavior such as showing respect, genuine interest, and caring, along with actions such as reaching out to these clients, can facilitate the perception of you as a trustworthy professional.

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4) In addition to cultural and relational empathy and empathetic communications, helper attractiveness is an interpersonal factor to which diverse clients are reported to have responded favorably. Essentially, it means that the clients perceive that you are interested in them and have compassion and a genuine desire to help, which results in their feeling hopeful about achieving goals. Further, helper attractiveness implies that diverse clients experience respectful, warm, genuine, committed, and ethical behavior on the part of the social worker.

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5) Dyche and Zayas (2001 ) and Parson (1993 ) emphasize that knowledge of culture is insufficient to evoke empathy. Instead, they refer to cultural empathy as an effective treatment tool. Cultural empathy is expressed at the affective level rather than solely at the cognitive level. Whereas the cognitive level references knowledge about different cultures, the affective level is where the social worker makes an effort to see and hear the world through the client's eyes and experiences and to grasp meaning from the client's perspective. Parson (1993 ) further characterizes cultural empathy as ethnotherapeutic in that it relies on the cross-cultural social worker's capacity for introspection and self-disclosure when the results are in support of the helping process.

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6) Yan (2008), based on research findings, has developed a typology of the tensions in cross-cultural relationships. The types of tensions are as follows:
Type 1 relates to the tensions between the cultures of social work clients, the dominant culture, and the culture of the organization in which the service is delivered.
Type 2 pertains to differences between the culture of the social worker, the organization's culture, and the culture of clients.
Although we all seek to have a collective identity and to minimize differences, in reality, in U.S. society, social interactions and professional relationships remain configured around assumptions of sameness, including social class.

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7) Despite educational preparation, some social workers demonstrate behavior that lacks the values and basic tenets of a helping relationship-for example, a lack of empathy or being in tune with those seeking their help; a lack of genuine and authentic concern; and a lack of appreciation of different beliefs, lifestyles, and values. Their inept behavior may be attributed to anxiety, a lack of skill or experience, dealing with a problem beyond their scope of practice, or an inability to build collaborative relationships with clients. Ineptness and unethical practices on the part of social workers, such as being abrasive, egotistical, controlling, judgmental, demeaning, patronizing, or rigid, can cause an appropriate negative reaction from clients. Ineptness is a serious concern that calls for corrective behavior on the part of the social worker, through supervision, skill development, or self-reflection.

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8) Compassion fatigue is different from burnout. Burnout is mainly associated with workload demands, uncertainty and stressors, and the urgency and size of caseloads. Compassion fatigue, in contrast, is a constant state of tension and preoccupation with the individual and collective trauma of clients.

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9) Negative underinvolvement can occur when you feel frustrated because you are unable to solve certain problems, you have a large caseload, and the outcomes of your work are unknown or uncertain. In working with clients, you may become numb to demands that exceed your mental capacity. Underinvolved professionals often experience an organization in which the leadership is ineffective; there is a lack of rewards, recognition, or organizational support; decisions are perceived to be unfair or arbitrary; or the environment is unsupportive and the fit between organizational and individual beliefs at odds. Feeling a lack of control over a prolonged period of time can lead to apathy and ineffective service delivery to clients.

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6 years ago
Such a godsend, you helped me and my friend big time
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