Worker: You feel alone. You are anxious and worried that you will not find someone else.
Mr. K’s respond by saying that he is afraid of finding love or even if he happened to be in a relationship he would tell his partner how much she means to him and not hold it in. I think Mr. K will be more opened in expressing his feelings.
The two additional feelings and meaning reflections that could apply to Mr. K’s statement
• You are experiencing regret for withholding how you felt about your wife
• You are broken inside and depressed about your failed relationship.
Loretta (homeless woman)
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S is taking over the role of a mother and you feel confused and afraid to give her the opportunity to build a relationship. (I uses these words to illustrate the idea of the presence of a step-parent and the anxiety and stress that is related to having a step-parent.
How do you think the teenagers might react to your response? I think as a social worker, the teenagers would respect my suggestions and try to create a mutual understanding with their step-mother.
Mr. S: I think he would react my saying thank you, to the worker.
Ms. S: I think she would understand that her step-children are teenagers and with that group comes a lot of transitions into adulthood. Ms. S would then learn to communicate with them as an adult and not as a child.
4. What is another way you might reflect the feelings and meanings suggested by the boy’s word? Worker: I am aware that you feel angry and stressed for having a step-mother, however, you have to understand that she is trying to be a mother to you. With that said, she is not trying to take the place of your mother, she just wants to me someone whom you can talk with and to be a friend. So, try to get to know her.
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This society is racist to the core! Money and power are the only things they respect.”
Worker: You feel the worried and afraid because of what you see happening in our society (these words is a reflection of Mrs. F experience) I think Mrs. F would be happy to have someone acknowledging her feelings about the racist society.
Another way to reflect the feelings: I would explore Mrs. F reasons behind her statement, as well as what are the root cause for her frustration.
6. Social worker at a local service agency (Record keeping) social worker message: record keeping
Worker: you feel frustrated and overwhelmed because the other social workers are not following the guidelines for recording keeping. I think the other social worker would take into account the importance of record keeping and start implementing the process as this can lead to other legal issues. Another way to reflect the feelings: I would reflect the feelings by suggesting to the social worker that she has to continue doing her part by keeping up with her documentation of recording the information and try not to keep thinking about what the other workers are not