Assignment

1. List and briefly describe two potential positive and two potential negative feelings that you, as the social worker, may feel and two potential positive and two potential negative feelings that the client might feel regarding the termination of a therapeutic relationship.

2. Describe a social work skill you could use to assist the client in dealing with his or her negative feelings about terminating the therapeutic relationship, and how you could use the skill in this context.

3. Describe a social work skill you could use to assist yourself in dealing with your own negative feelings about terminating the therapeutic relationship, and how you could use it in this type of situation.