Personal Worldview
Directions: Below you will find a number of “issues” and client “descriptors” that may elicit a strong personal reaction, reflecting a specific value, attitude, belief, or even bias. We invite you to reflect on each as they may influence your attitude and approach to a client with this characteristic or type of problem. It may help to discuss your reactions with a colleague, peer, or supervisor.
Client Characteristic:
An overly indulged and pampered teen
A strong, somewhat rigid, ethnocentric individual
An unmarried, pregnant woman
A veteran living on the street
A 90-year-old showing signs of failing cognition
A victim of a fire with massive total body scarring
An abused spouse
Presenting Complaints/Issues:
Heroin addiction
Pedophilia
Personality disorder—borderline
Oppositional defiant disorder
Hoarder
Conflict with sexual orientation
Multiple suicide attempts