Counseling Skills for Social Workers Discussion

1). Why are effective listening skills vital to your engagement with clients? How is active listening different for social workers?

2). Evaluate how you provided feedback after listening to someone (friend, relative, partner, etc.). What challenges did you notice you had before you thought about what to respond? What were you thinking while the person was speaking to you? What were you feeling in the moment?

3). Evaluate how you reflected in your conversation with the person. How did you observe your reflection to be effective or not? What were other active listening skills that you communicated to the person?

4). In your conclusion, summarize what you learned about yourself? What are some of the active listening skills you believe you need to improve to be an effective social worker in your engagement of clients?