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This 4 page paper provides an overview of some responses to confrontation techniques in a clinical setting. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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of it." Interviewer: On the one hand, you say your partner is good to you most of the time, but on the other hand you say
he has hit you twice. Is this correct? You say that we should not make a big thing out of it, but I need to know more about
how it makes you feel when he hits you. Side Notes: No one should be hit and women should be outraged when a partner does hit
them. Understanding the clients reaction requires a closer scrutiny of her own process when she is hit. Does she believe she deserved to be hit? Does her
partner blame her for the fact that he hit her? Im not convinced she thinks its not a big thing, or she wouldnt have brought it up.
Confrontational Skills Confrontational skills are important in the therapeutic setting because they provide the clinician with a tool for exploring what the client is not saying. Often, clients
say one thing and mean another. Though the interviewer cannot assume that this is the case, confrontational statements give the interviewer the tools to demonstrate they are listening, identify
areas of concern and elicit a reaction from the client. Through the use of confrontation, the clinician can bring a clients
attention to the problem or problematic behavior and relate to them the need for change (Berman and Shopland, 2005). One of the key issues in this kind of confrontation
is that it can lead to avoidance behaviors, and Berman and Shopland (2005) maintained that the best way to address this is by "interweaving your confrontational statements with client-affirming statements"
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