SW 500: Foundation Social Work Skills and Interventions Exam
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Simple Reflections
Identify the emotions expressed by a client, historically come from
nondirective, client- centered counseling. That is, they simply identify the
emotion. They do not take a stand or attempt to help the client deal with the
emotion.
Simple Reflection is an art form!
The structure of reflection questions is What? So What? Now
What? What?
• Descriptive
• Facts, what happened, with whom
• Substance of interaction
So What?
• Shift from descriptive to interpretive
• Meaning of experience for each person
• Feelings involved, lessons Learned
• Why?
Now What?
• Contextual - seeing this situation's place in the big picture
• Applying lessons learned / insights gained to new situations
• Setting Future goals, creating an action plan
,Reflection of Feelings or Emotions
Students use the skill of reflection of feeling to elicit emotional content.
WHERE PARAPHRASING WAS MOST CLOSELY RELATED TO THOUGHTS,
REFLECTION OF FEELINGS IS MOST CLOSELY RELATED TO EMOTIONS.
Example of how emotions "create" cognitive processes
Client: I'm very depressed today
Social Worker: You're very depressed?
Client: Yes. I haven't felt this depressed in a long time?
Social Worker: Let me ask you something. Depression is a clinical term. Help me to
understand what your depression feel like.
Now, use the example of jealousy.
Reflection of Meaning
Whereas paraphrasing was most closely related to thoughts and reflection of
feelings related to emotions...
REFLECTION OF MEANING IS RELATED TO IDEAS, BELIEFS AND VALUE SYSTEMS.
Here the social worker will ask questions such as:
• What does this mean to you?
• What sense do you make of all of this?
• Talk about how much you value your graduate education (parents, religion,
community, etc.)
• Tell me why your friends are so important to you?
• Explain what you were thinking just before you cheated on the test?
, Idea from Beginning of Class
"There is no happiness if the things we believe in are different than the things we
do."
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Simple Reflections
Identify the emotions expressed by a client, historically come from
nondirective, client- centered counseling. That is, they simply identify the
emotion. They do not take a stand or attempt to help the client deal with the
emotion.
Simple Reflection is an art form!
The structure of reflection questions is What? So What? Now
What? What?
• Descriptive
• Facts, what happened, with whom
• Substance of interaction
So What?
• Shift from descriptive to interpretive
• Meaning of experience for each person
• Feelings involved, lessons Learned
• Why?
Now What?
• Contextual - seeing this situation's place in the big picture
• Applying lessons learned / insights gained to new situations
• Setting Future goals, creating an action plan
,Reflection of Feelings or Emotions
Students use the skill of reflection of feeling to elicit emotional content.
WHERE PARAPHRASING WAS MOST CLOSELY RELATED TO THOUGHTS,
REFLECTION OF FEELINGS IS MOST CLOSELY RELATED TO EMOTIONS.
Example of how emotions "create" cognitive processes
Client: I'm very depressed today
Social Worker: You're very depressed?
Client: Yes. I haven't felt this depressed in a long time?
Social Worker: Let me ask you something. Depression is a clinical term. Help me to
understand what your depression feel like.
Now, use the example of jealousy.
Reflection of Meaning
Whereas paraphrasing was most closely related to thoughts and reflection of
feelings related to emotions...
REFLECTION OF MEANING IS RELATED TO IDEAS, BELIEFS AND VALUE SYSTEMS.
Here the social worker will ask questions such as:
• What does this mean to you?
• What sense do you make of all of this?
• Talk about how much you value your graduate education (parents, religion,
community, etc.)
• Tell me why your friends are so important to you?
• Explain what you were thinking just before you cheated on the test?
, Idea from Beginning of Class
"There is no happiness if the things we believe in are different than the things we
do."
