40% of client improvement is due to their own strengths, talents, skills and resources.
30% is due to the client-therapist relationship (empathy, warmth, caring, genuineness, acceptance)
15% is due to positive expectations about the possibility of change (hope)
15% is due to using the right technique
(Murphy, 1999)
If we leave 40% of the questions on an exam blank, then we are likely to fail.
The difference between a C+ and an A- is 15%.
What kind of social worker do you want to be?
(from workshop by Jim Raines at SSWAA Conference in Denver)
Welcome to my annotated bibliography and collage of musings, article excerpts, abstracts, questions, essays, stories, lecture notes, reflections, seed thoughts and topics that capture my imagination. Social Work is an applied social science and aims to improve the opportunities & living conditions of vulnerable people. Alejandra Acuña, PhD, MSW, LCSW, PPSC
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