Assignment 2: A Case Study Of The Physical Therapist

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Recently a clients who is someone that is not afraid to just speak on anything whether it be offensive to someone in the room or not. He began to speak about politics and his fairly strong opinions while another client was in the room. The other client was someone who cared to just not show any interest in his rant but did seem uncomfortable. I believe I would hand this situation close to the same that the Physical Therapist did. I would try to diffuse this situation by changing the subject and trying to direct conversation in another direction. Also knowing this client is frequently like this if possible I would try to schedule him at time that he would be less likely to be around higher volumes of clients and making sure that all of those

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