Building Blocks of Effective Communication Flashcards
Clarifying the roles of participants:
1. Determine your clients’ “?”:
expectations
Clarifying the roles of participants:
(especially) when working involuntary clients, explain the nature ?of the and define the client-social worker relationship as? that seek ?
helping process,
partners,
solutions to clients difficulties
Essential elements of clarifying roles (1) acknowledging and empathizing with the client’s ? and sense of ?
unrealistic expectation,
urgency
Essential elements of clarifying roles (2) expressing the social
worker’s ?
helpful intent
Essential elements of clarifying roles (3) explaining why the client’s ? cannot be fulfilled
unrealistic expectation
Essential elements of clarifying roles (4) places responsibility on the client for actively ?and ultimately?
participating,
making choices
Facilitative Conditions: 3
- Empathy
- Respect or non-possessive warmth
- Authenticity or genuineness
Empathic communication involves the ability of the social worker to perceive accurately and sensitively ? of the client and to communicate
his or her ? of these feelings in language attuned to the client’s
experiencing of ?.
the inner feelings,
understanding,
the moment
Empathic communication plays a vital role in nurturing and sustaining the ? and in providing the vehicle through which the social worker
becomes emotionally ? and ?in the client’s life.
helping relationship,
significant and influential
Being empathically attuned also involves IDENTIFYING the client’s ? emotions and DISCOVERING the meaning and ?of the client’s feelings and behavior.
underlying,
personal significance
“Being with” the client means that the social worker focuses
intensely on the client’s ? state without losing
perspective or taking on the experienced by
the client.
affective,
emotions
Empathic responding
involves understanding the other person’s feelings
and circumstances without?
taking that person’s side
Developing Perceptiveness
to Feelings: the social worker
must be fully aware of the diversity of ? and needs a rich vocabulary of ? that not only reflect clients’feelings accurately but also capture the ? of those feelings.
human emotion,
words and expressions,
intensity
Uncovering feelings beyond the client’s ? before a ? relationship is firmly established tends to mobilize ? and may precipitate of ?.
awareness,
working,
opposition,
premature termination
Responding with reciprocal empathy:
Reciprocal empathic responding facilitates the development of a ?and fosters the climate of understanding necessary to promote ? and ?.
working relationship,
communication,
self-disclosure
Reciprocal responses paradigm:
You feel — about — because —.
Multiple Uses of Empathic
Communication: 1. Establishing Relationships with Clients in?
Initial sessions
Multiple Uses of Empathic
Communication: 2. ?with Clients
Staying in Touch (attuned to current feeling)
Multiple Uses of Empathic Communication: 3. Accurately Assessing? -The levels of empathy offered by social workers are likely to correlate with their clients’ levels of?
Client problems,
self-exploration.
Multiple Uses of Empathic
Communication: 4. Responding to Clients’?
Nonverbal messages
Multiple Uses of Empathic
Communication: 5. making Confrontations more?
palatable
Multiple Uses of Empathic
Communication: 6. Handling ? Presented by Clients
obstacles (ex. clt’s opposition)