Intake Form Critique

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Intake Form Critique Intake forms are a social work professional’s introduction to a client. They are a first impression to both the client and the provider. A client may or may not disclose relative information based on how the intake form asks the questions and the provider may not be able to gain a good understanding of a client if pertinent information is not on the form. This essay will review an intake form from a Fairview Counseling Center (Fairview, 2016). The writer of this essay will evaluation the intake form and determine if necessary questions are asked, if there are too many or too few questions, and if the questioning is at an appropriate level for clients. In addition, this essay will evaluate the formatting of the intake form such as line spacing, language, and organization. Does it ask all of the necessary questions to determine what the client’s presenting problem is? …show more content…

It seems reasonable that a client would know why he or she is seeking counseling, however there may be an underlying issue that the client is not aware of that is causing difficulties in his or her life. For example, a person may feel depressed and therefore seeks counseling for depression but it is the job of the provider to help the client find the cause of their depression. The intake form used for this essay asks several questions that would help the client to think about why he or she is seeking help at this time. In addition, the form asks what remedies, if any, has the person already tried and did those methods

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