Psychology: Client Needs

Paper Summary:

This paper demonstrates that associations between a client and a social worker or specialist require identification of the specific needs unique to the client. The paper describes concepts such as resistance and defense and transference and empathy, which can be changed according to the needs of the client. The paper shows how the client must be approached as an individual with personal problems and given aid according to the type and nature of these problems.

Outline:
Introduction
Resistance and Defense
Transference and Empathy
Interpretations
Working Through
Jung's Analytical Psychology
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"The concept area of resistance and defense is used to explore how a client copes with stress, especially in scenarios in which conflict is found. Resistance and defense are sometimes defined as "coping strategies" as these are behaviors that the client manifests in order to create a desirable outcome, but this is a misleading term. Rather, resistance and defense are barricades enacted by the client to avoid facing issues or dealing with circumstances that cause some form of personal stress."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Buss, D. M. (2005). The Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology. New York: Wiley.
• Pallone, N. (Ed.) (1999). Altruism, Narcissism, Comity: Research Perspectives from Current Psychology. New York: Transaction Publishers.
• Staddon, J. (2002). New Behaviorism: Mind, Mechanism, and Society (Third. Ed.) New York: Psychology Press.

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