ABSTRACT

Clients make themselves disturbed in specific contexts. It is therefore important for you to encourage them to be specific in talking about their problems, and ask for specific examples of these problems. This will help you to conduct an accurate assessment of the ABCs of the problem. Encouraging your clients to be specific about their problems will also help them to be emotionally involved in the discussion. If they talk about their problems in abstract terms, you will receive a general, intellectual and unemotional account. This will make it very difficult for you to conduct a meaningful assessment of their problems and make it harder for you to help them.