Action Responses

1
Action Responses

• Definitions and intended purposes
• Table 6-1

2
Probe

• Definition Open-ended or closed question or
  inquiry

3
Open-ended Probe Purposes

• To begin an interview
• To encourage client elaboration or to obtain
  information
• To elicit specific examples of clients
  behaviors, feelings, or thoughts
• To motivate client to communicate

4
Closed Probe Purposes

• To narrow the topic of discussion
• To obtain specific information
• To identify parameters of a problem or issue
• To interrupt an over-talkative client
• To give focus to the session

5
Confrontation

• Definition description of client discrepancy
• Purpose
• To identify clients mixed (incongruent) messages
• To explore other ways of perceiving clients self
  or situation

6
Interpretation

• Definition Possible explanation of or
  association among various client behaviors.
• Purpose
• To identify the relation between clients
  implicit messages and behaviors
• To examine client behavior from alternative view
  or with different explanation
• To add to clients self-understanding as a basis
  for client action

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Information giving

• Definition Verbal communication of data or facts
  
• Purposes      
• To identify alternatives
• To evaluate alternatives
• To dispel myths
• To motivate clients to examine issues they may
  have been avoiding.