What is Principle of purposeful of expression of feeling

In the previous chapter, we have learned about principles of individualization now let's learn how to demonstrate the Principle of purposeful expression of feeling in the following 

  • It is important for people to have healthy emotions so that they can have a complete personality. Emotions are an important part of a person's nature. In today's helper professions, the importance of having a well-ordered emotional life is well known.
  •  In both psychology and psychiatry, people have looked at how emotions play a normal and healthy role in their personality structure. These disciplines have given social work a lot of information about how people grow and change, which has made the process of social work a lot more effective. Humans have a need for affection, security, status, expression, achievement, and independence. 
  • These are the basic psychological needs that people have. Each person has a different level of need. Casework relationships need to be a place where people can talk about their experiences and express themselves. Social work has found this to be a very important dynamic.
  •  Biestek says that the "recognition of the client's need to express the negative feelings" is the first step in expressing negative feelings. There are times when the caseworker encourages and even stimulates these feelings when they are therapeutically useful as part of the casework service. This is how it works: The client should be able to express his or her feelings in a way that makes sense in the casework process.

Purposes of the Purposeful Expression of feelings are as follows: 

When someone lets out his or her emotions or talks about a problem, this helps with catharsis, which helps people see their problems more clearly and objectively. This allows the client to take positive and constructive steps. For example, a client who has just seen the death of a spouse needs someone to listen to before he or she is ready to learn about new ways to live. Feelings help the caseworker better understand what the client is going through and how strong and weak he or she is. This gives us a way to make sure that our evaluations are fair. 

  • Psychological support: When you listen to someone talk about their problems in life, it gives them a lot of psychological support. The client feels understood and relieved from the stress of the problem. This is how it works: Negative feelings can sometimes be the source of problems for clients. Working toward these feelings can help them get better. Having these feelings out in the open helps bring them to the forefront of people's minds so that they can be solved. Talking about the problems and sharing feelings strengthens the relationship between the person and the caseworker. 
  • Worker-client relationships get stronger when the client is able to talk about how they feel. There is also a sense of comfort, warmth, and trust between caseworker and client because of this. As part of the casework, the client can't always talk about how they feel. Feelings can only be expressed in a way that is intentional. The functions of an agency may limit the expression of feelings to those that can be dealt with inside the agency. The case worker is supposed to stay inside the boundaries of the company.
For example, if a client comes to an agency and wants money, but the agency is a hospital meant to help its clients get better. 

The caseworker can only help with referrals, even though he or she is grateful for the help his or her client needs. With the caseworker, the amount of time a caseworker can spend on each case is based on how much work the caseworker has to do,

For example, if a caseworker is also working at the same time as 50 other cases, he or she may not have enough time to encourage deeper feelings that need more time in each interview. 

  • A caseworker needs to be careful in the early interviews about the client's early rape by a victim. This may not be good for the caseworker. This could make the casework relationship more difficult and make the person feel guilty. The caseworker has to structure the whole process and work slowly to build a relationship based on trust, rather than letting the person vent their deeper feelings at an early stage. 
  • As a caseworker, you might get a lot of calls from angry clients who don't want to deal with their problems on their own. It's more common in India, where people tend to talk about their problems and look for "ready-made quick fix recipes" to help them solve their problems. Caseworkers must make sure the client is involved in the process from the start to avoid making the client too dependent on them. expression of more complex feelings Suppose you want to talk about how you felt when you went through a painful experience.
How to demonstrate the Principle of  Purposeful expression of Feeling?

A caseworker's main job is to make the environment as comfortable as possible for the client so that he or she can freely express his or her feelings. This includes getting the client to trust and believe in you. Most clients talk on a superficial level and don't reveal their inner feelings until they are sure that the worker is willing and able to treat them as an individual. When the caseworker wants to help and feels for the client, they need to show that to the client on a "feeling" level. A permissive environment is important for people to be able to express their feelings in a purposeful way. There are several ways to do this:
  1. Relaxed attitudes order to give the client their full attention, the caseworker needs to be in a relaxed state of mind. Some important things to do to make the client feel comfortable and open up are to make sure there is enough space for the interview, and to have furniture that is both comfortable and looks good.
  2. Prepare: Before the interview, a caseworker must look over the work that has already been done through the case records. This would bring back memories and help the worker think about and plan for the upcoming interview.
  3.  Listening-A caseworker's attention can make or break a client's ability to express his or her feelings in a clear way. When the caseworker shows genuine interest, sincerity and understanding to the client, he or she will be more likely to open up and show emotions. The caseworker can show that he or she is paying attention to the client by asking the right questions, making empathic comments, nodding, and showing interest through facial expressions.
  4. Encouragement: Clients need to be encouraged to talk and share their feelings. That way, the worker can get the client to talk freely by asking non-threatening questions like "What do you think about this?" or "What do you think about this?" or "What do you think about this?" Statements like "I know how hard this must be for you." After that, what happened? 'How did you feel when this happened?' are open-ended questions that need a lot of detailed information from the client.
  5. The pace of progress: It's important to be aware of how quickly the client moves toward his or her casework goals in each interview. It would be based on the client's need and desire to express their feelings at any given time, which would make them want to work on the problem.
Caseworkers should not give unrealistic reassurances or interpret too early or too much of the client's feelings too much. It is important for the caseworker not to overestimate or underestimate the client's ability to deal with stress. It is important for the caseworker to let the client talk about their feelings and be relieved. Casework can be easier to study and diagnose if you use the principle of expressing your feelings in a clear way. The caseworker can learn a lot about the client and how he or she is progressing if the person is purposeful about expressing his or her emotions. This helps you see the problem clearly and work to solve it. Feelings are brought out into the open so that they can be talked about. This increases the client's involvement and participation in trying to help himself or herself.

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