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Instructions for work # 5 and #6: At least one-hole page for this answers in proper APA format. Support all written Ideas in your answer with citations in proper APA format treat each answer as a separetly work and each Work needs a separetly references.Respond to at least two colleagues by sharing an alternate suggestion for dealing with the negative feelings that can occur with terminating client relationships

Discussion

Two positive feelings that the social worker and the client could feel would be a sense of accomplishment and achievement as we conquered some goals. However there could be a Yin and Yang effect, so proud and happy for the accomplishment, yet sad to part ways with a feeling of loss.

One way that we can assist the client with negative feelings is to be prepared and plan for the termination from the beginning; we may not be able to know the exact date, but we may have a rough estimate of how many visits we will have over a certain period of time. We should also remind the client again several visits before the last, no surprises (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2014). From the beginning we know that this is going to end.

To help myself with negative feelings, I could reach out to a fellow colleague or supervisor. Self-correction is used to help the social worker regulate emotions (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2014).

It will be more difficult for a social worker to help the client if they can not get a grip on their own emotions. There may be times that a client just drops off and does not return for what-ever reason.

I can see myself having guilt and just wondering what happened to the client. What went wrong? Was it something I did? The unknown eats away at me. Time with a supervisor to talk it out may help to process what just happened here.

Kist-Ashman, K., & Hull, G.H., Jr. (2014), Understanding generalist practice (7th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.