Avoiding enabling with clients
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As a human services worker, how will you avoid becoming an enabler while at the same time making sure that your clients' human needs are being met?
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As you first explain how you will avoid becoming an enabler while at the same time making sure that your clients' human needs are met, I suggest that asking many questions is a great starting point. By allowing them to see that your approach is client-centered, not social worker-centered, you automatically show the client that he or she is the driver of the car and you are a passenger, a coach giving directions and pointers. Questions force the client to explore, consider, evaluate, and formulate his or her own actions, ideas, thoughts, fears, etc. Thus, you can also work in ...
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