1. Imagine that you are working with this client. Discuss your biggest challenge. The Biggest challenge I see is compartmentalizing Gloria and her family’s needs. The cross-cultural issues are an immediate challenge that need to be addressed and finding alternative ways to communicate with her family to avoid physical violence would be the biggest challenge to tend to. Due to Gloria’s inability to cope with her children’s disrespect, crisis intervention would be warranted. According to Woodside and Mclam crisis intervention is “short-term therapy that focuses on solving the immediate problem and helping the individual to reestablish equilibrium” (Woodside & McClam, An Introduction to Human Services, 2011)
2. What are your impressions of Gloria as a client? Gloria is eager, hard worker, and is family oriented. She understands the problems associated with leaving her family to attend school in the United States and although she wants to further her education she is a quandary about how to do so without having support for her family while she is away. Once Gloria moved to the United States and was re-united with her family I could tell that Gloria was still struggling with the choices between her children and
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What qualities or characteristics do you have that would make you an effective crisis intervention worker? I believe I would make an effective crisis intervention worker because I have excellent listening skills and can relay that information back to the client in coherent thoughts. I also believe that the client’s needs can only be met if the whole picture is given. I also understand that there are times that I may not be able to meet the needs of a client, therefore I may have advocate for my client and find alternative avenues to meet those needs