Clinical and Macro Terms Flashcards
Countertransference
A set of conscious or unconscious emotional reactions to a client experienced by a therapist. These feelings usually originate in the therapist’s own developmental conflicts or past.
Transference
The emotional reactions that are assigned to current relationships but originated in earlier experiences (often presenting as the feelings a client has toward a therapist). When a client experiences this interaction with the therapist, it can be discussed and us
Dual Diagnosis
The occurrence of coexistent diagnoses within an individual.
What is the most common dual diagnosis?
This is most commonly associated with a substance use disorder and another psychiatric disorder
Dual Relationship
Having a second role with the client in addition to the client-therapist relationship
Ego Syntonic
Traits of personality, thought, behavior, and values that are incorporated by the individual who considers them acceptable and consistent with his or her overall true self.
Ego Dystonic
Traits of personality, behavior, thought, or orientation considered to be unacceptable, repugnant, or inconsistent with the individual’s perceptions—conscious or unconscious—of himself or herself.
Empathy
A therapeutic technique in which the social worker communicates to a client that they perceive and understand the experiences, emotional state, and/or ideas of their client.
Empowerment Model
This model utilizes interventions that help people achieve a sense of control in their lives by using a client’s strengths, resources, and resilience.
What is the purpose of the Empowerment Model?
It aims to reduce powerlessness created by social and political environments that oppress.
Evidence Based Practice
This combines the social worker’s clinical experience, code of ethics, and client preferences with well-researched interventions to guide the treatment and services a client receives to achieve their therapeutic goals.
Informed Consent
The process of a client granting permission to engage in treatment after receiving information about treatment, including potential risks and benefits.
Reflection/Reflective Listening
When using reflection, the social worker is accurately describing the client’s verbal and nonverbal clues, listening and responding to not just the content, but the feelings of the client.
Self Determination
An ethical principle of social work that allows clients to make their own choices about their treatment and their lives.
What is the purpose of reflective listening?
Reflection is like holding up a mirror in counseling; you are reflecting back the essence of what the client has just communicated (verbally and nonverbally) to you.
Reframing
A technique used to help clients see their situation in a new light or from a different perspective they haven’t thought of.
Interpretation
The therapist’s clinical impression of the meaning behind a behavior/communication. It goes beyond the explicit and observable client content and involves communicating an inferred component with the intention of adding new knowledge, understanding, or meaning.
Summary
Condensing the main points of what the client is saying or feeling in a session.
Confrontation
Addressing and bringing awareness to something the client may be overlooking, avoiding, or denying.
When is it best to confront a client?
After building rapport and when a client is engaging in therapy interfering behaviour
Clarification
This is used when the client makes a vague or ambiguous statement in order to understand what they mean.
Probing questions
These are questions the social worker asks to help the client dig deeper into their thoughts, feelings, and opinions.
Social Justice
A social work ethical principle that involves working toward everyone having the same economic, political and social rights, protections, and opportunitie
Board of Directors
A committee responsible for significant decisions and direction within an organization (including mission and vision, funding, staffing of high level positions, and strategic planning).
Capacity Building
The process of improving an individual or organization’s abilities, skills, processes, and resources in order to expand, grow, and fulfill its mission
Task force
A task force is any group or organization that is assembled for or assigned to complete a specific task.
Program Development
Program development involves the planning, development, and execution of a new program or service to meet an unmet need.
Program Evaluation
Program evaluation evaluates a program’s effectiveness
Overall program evaluation
(also known as an ‘outcome evaluation’ or ‘summative evaluation’) looks at the results of a program (whether or not it met the stated goals of the program).
Process evaluation
analyzes the implementation of the program to determine whether each step of the program was executed effectively.
Policy Analysis
The evaluation of a policy to understand what led to the creation and implementation of the policy and how it will impact various people and communities.
Focus Group
a small group of people to gather opinions, ideas, and beliefs on a particular subject.
Feasibility Study
The process of assessing an agency or organization’s ability to carry out a particular task.
Social security administration
An independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, including retirement, disability and survivor benefits.
501(c)3
A non-profit, tax-exempt organization
501(c)4
A lobbying organization. Unlike a 501(c)3, it is not exempt from paying federal taxes
Lobbying is…
a form of advocacy that aims to influence decisions made by the
government. Lobbying often involves direct face-to face contact with politicians.
501(c)5
A political action committee (PAC). Unlike a 501(c)3, it is not exempt from paying federal taxes
What is a political action committee?
an organization that raises money privately to influence elections or legislation.
