How Client's Barriers Can Impact On The Helping Relationship

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Recognise and response to crisis situations
Q6: Explain how client’s barriers can impact upon the helping relationship?
Client’s barriers can impact on the helping relationship by;
• Clients not wanting help/or scared of what might happen if they ask for help.
• There might be communication difficulties which can impact on the helping relationship.
• If a client is a sole parent or caregiver this can also impact on the helping relationship as clients may think that asking for help could impact on them looking after children.
• There may also be some distrust from clients that have had a bad experience with another service; this can impact on the helping relationship.
These barriers can impact on the helping relationship as there needs to be trust, full support and a lot of communication when helping a client without these it can become quite difficult to help someone in a crisis.
Q7: Why is debriefing and supervision important when dealing with clients in crisis? …show more content…

Weather that is you are angry, sad or depressed about your crisis it is still good to talk about how you may be feeling because sometimes all you may need is the support from someone to get you through the crisis situation. It is also important to supervise your client as they may still be in shock, they might have anxiety, post-traumatic stress or even depression. So it’s very important to supervise your client so you can be there with them and be able to see those signs of depression or anxiety so you can to help them through this and support them by giving them extra help through other support

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