comments on 4-1 and 4-2

Comments on 4-1 and 4-2 Name: Institution: Course Title: Instructor: Date: Comments on 4-1 and 4-2 Discussion Post 4-1 Response to Angela Hicks-Barnes The key objective of counselors is to ensure that clients' needs are met. It is critical for counselors to be aware of meeting a variety of clients irrespective of social, ethnic or racial backgrounds. Clients need to be treated in a special way, and this calls for counselors to receive professional training on cultural issues that affect the clients. The counselors should evaluate how such cultural practices affect clients' perception of things around them (Bently &Walsh, 2014). Reference: Bentley, K. J., & Walsh, J. (2014). The social worker and psychotropic medication: Toward effective collaboration with clients, families, and providers (4th ed). Belmont, CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, Response to Caroline Sutton During service provision, it is required that counselors show more involvement and support in order to empower the clients, while encouraging change to a new situation. Secondly, the counselors should avoid their perception of other ethnic groups (Greene & Lee, 2011). Moreover, counselor's biases should not develop typecasts or notions to the clients. It is recommended for counselors to be willing to step out of the status quo and view the world through the eyes of the client. Reference: Greene, G. J., & Lee, M. Y. (2011). Solution-oriented social work practice: An integrative approach to working with client strengths. New York: Oxford University Press Response to Emily Ruta The approaches employed by counselors should make clients feel at ease in order to disclose private information that can give light to the issues affecting them. This can be encouraged through giving the client an ample time to evaluate the situations. The counselors can also give common interests that they might share with clients. It is necessary to avoid language barriers to ease communication. Counselors should always avoid giving insensitive remarks as these limit important responses...