Direct and Indirect Practice Flashcards
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Which intervention model focuses on identifying exceptions to problems and building on client strengths rather than analyzing deficits?
Answer: Solution-focused brief therapy
Solution-focused brief therapy emphasizes identifying exceptions to problems and amplifying existing strengths and successes.
In indirect practice, a social worker testifying before a state legislature about gaps in mental health funding is functioning as a(n):
Answer: Policy advocate
Testifying before a legislature to influence mental health funding is a policy advocacy indirect practice role.
A family presents with a child who has behavioral problems at school. The social worker conducts a genogram. What is the PRIMARY purpose of this tool?
Answer: To map multigenerational family patterns and relationships
A genogram maps multigenerational family patterns, relationships, and significant events to inform systemic understanding.
A social worker helps a client identify and challenge distorted thought patterns contributing to depression. This technique is central to:
Answer: Cognitive-behavioral therapy
Challenging cognitive distortions is a core CBT technique that links thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Which of the following best illustrates the social work concept of 'dual perspective'?
Answer: Understanding clients within both their immediate environment and the dominant society
Dual perspective recognizes that minority clients navigate both their nurturing cultural system and the dominant societal system.
During termination of a long-term therapeutic relationship, a client becomes angry and threatens to harm the social worker. The MOST appropriate immediate response is to:
Answer: Calmly set limits and create a safety plan
Setting limits calmly and developing a safety plan addresses the immediate threat while maintaining the therapeutic frame.
An ecomap is used in social work assessment to:
Answer: Map a client's current relationships with environmental systems
An ecomap visually depicts a client's current connections with social, institutional, and environmental systems.