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2. Do the same thing for the person with the unused opportunity. 3. Share your cases with a learning partner and discuss how you would go about helping into these unused strengths and resources EXERCISE 9.8: LINKING STORYTELLING TOA CTION throughout the helping process that get then As noted in the text, clients need to engage in "little" actions moving in the right direction even before formal goals and action strategies are established. These little In this exercise you are ctions are signs of clients' commitment to the process of constructive change. ible actions that the client asked to put yourself in the place of the client and come up with some posst d might take to move forward in some way. You to t clients adopt an action orientation to their problem situations is ents adopt an action orientatu are not going to tell the client what to do. But helping 1. Read each of the stories outlined below 2. If you were the client, what are two common-sense actions you might consider taking at tnis stage in order to move forward? Even if "big" actions seem premature, what "little" actions might you take? Indicate the reason for each possible action. Example. A seventh-grade boy talking to his father Call this is said in a halting voice and he keeps looking down): "Something happened yesterday that's bothering me a lot. I was looking out the window school. It was late. I saw two of the guys, the bullies, beating up on one of my best friends. I was afraid to go down there.. . A coward. . . . I didn't tell anyone, I didn't do anything One possible action: The boy might talk the incident through with his friend and perhaps apologize for letting him down. Reason: To reestablish trust with his friend and to show basic decency. To clear his conscience. Another possible action: The boy and his father might discuss how to handle similar situations in the future Reason: To learn something useful from this painful experience. To turn a problem into an opportunity. Case 1. A young woman talking to a counselor in a center for battered women She has been seen by other counselors on two different occasions: "This is the third time he's beaten me up. I didn't come before because I still can't believe it! We're married only a year. After we got married, he began me around in ways he never did before we got married. He'd get furious if I questioned him. Then he began shoving me if I didn't do what he wanted fast or right. And I just let him do it! I just let him do it! (She breaks down and sobs.) And now three beatings in less than two months. What's happened? Oh what's happened?" 108 ©2014 Cengage Leaming AllRights Reserved. May not be canned, uopned ordpliaoLorpositd iaubliclyiccesble mane, in while

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Case1. Action1. The woman must stop her husband and should protest his action. Reason 1. This will discourage the action of the husband and might not able to dominate her easily.

Action2. The woman should take her husband to a counsellor. Reason2. Since their is a sudden change in behavior of her husband. The reason can be serious and worth attention.

Case2. Action1. The man should accept the fact that he is aging and getting old. Reason 1. If he accept his condition he might get out from the distraction and Mal practices he has adopted as coping factors.

Action 2. He should Pay back to the company. Reason 2 . As a compensation and punishment for stealing.

Case3. Action 1. The girl should choose more appreciate time to talk to her parents. Reason 1. By choosing a docile environment she can create introspect in her parents.

Action2. She should take her parents to counselor. Reason 2. A counselor can develop an insight and make them realize that divorce is creating negative impact on their children.

Case4. Action 1. The man should ask help from his seniors. Reason 1. The senior can help him in his project and make easy to understand the project.

Action 2. He might work on strategies to complete his project . Reason 2 performance will earn him name than being overconfident.

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