How Can Social Workers Become More Competent in Their Work

question 14

Multiple Choice

How can social workers become more competent in their work with lesbian and gay clients?

• A) Experiment in the gay and lesbian community
• B) Completely ignore gay clients
• C) By incorporating the experiences of gay men and lesbians into the protocol
• D) Do not accept gay and lesbian clients

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Definitions:

Conscious

Being aware of and responding to one's surroundings and internal states.

Preconscious

Pertains to the part of the mind containing information that is not currently in consciousness but can be readily brought into consciousness.

Unconscious

The part of the mind that contains desires, feelings, and memories that are not easily brought into conscious awareness.

Psychological Conflicts

Internal struggles arising from the opposition or simultaneous functioning of incompatible drives, desires, or impulses within the individual.