Short answer form

1. What are crucial ways in which a helping professional must welcome a new client and take the first steps toward establishing an interpersonal relationship within professional and ethical boundaries?

2. What does it mean for the client to initiate a request for services? How can the helping professional facilitate this phase of the initial encounter?

3. Why is a helping contract important? What are the main features of each of the two main kinds of helping contracts? What are important considerations that must be addressed in the contract?

4. What occurs during the intake process or initial assessment? What strategies can the professional take to facilitate this phase of the initial encounter?

5. What are the three levels of problem a client may be experiencing? Explain each level and explain and illustrate how they may be interconnected.

6. What are the main problem domains? Discuss the main features of each.

7. What are micro aggressions? Explain and provide an example.

8. What are the five stages of change? How can the professional assess the client's current stage?

9. What is goal identification and goal setting? What are important goal qualities? What is the miracle question and why is it important to focus on success?

10. What is an action plan and what are its crucial components?