social worker working with children

Specific skills and knowledge are essential for a with children. Understanding transference and countertransference is crucial to a . Both transference and countertransference can be evident in any clienttherapist relationship, but are especially important in working with children because of a common instinct among adults to protect and nurture the young. The projection or relocation of ones feelings about one person onto another, otherwise known as transference, is a common response by children (Gil, 1991). Countertransference, a practitioners own emotional response to a child, is also common.

For this Discussion, review the Malawista (2004) article. ATTACHED