The significance of this experience is that this situation was one of the most challenging experiences I have encountered in my role as a Behavior Health Technician. By virtue of the patient being nonverbal and artistic, I felt incompetent and was unsure of how to help the patient, which put us both in vulnerable positions. I felt anxious as well as frustrated about not being able to help. Although, I tried to focus on the client’s needs, his behavior was too problematic. This experience challenged my personal viewpoints, my professionalism, and my values as a social worker. Before working with this individual, I assumed all I had to do was to apply a little determination and helping clients would be inevitable. However, because of this experience
