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1. One of my personal values is to not harm other people, animals, and living beings. Another of my values is to have compassion and kindness for other people. My third value is honesty. These values impact how I handle my cases because I believe in helping my clients to the best of my professional ability. These values impact my work because I practice what I preach, I empower my clients to be the best version of themselves.

2. I think that counter transference is unavoidable, especially since counter transference can be something as simple as disagreeing with the morals of the client. This is something I struggle with, and something in the other discussion post I identified as a concern of mine (such as when clients disclose crimes they committed and only feel unhappy they got caught). This is something I want to learn how to manage in this class. Transference can help progress, I have found in some cases it motivates the client to complete case management tasks.This helps them reach their goals sooner, and it helps me have a better relationship with the client because they typically ask me more questions and have more motivation.

3. One example of transference I experienced was during one of my first cases. The client told me she thought of me as the mother she never had. To me, this was very interesting. This client was over thirty years older than me, and I was the only case manager she showed any respect for. This was helpful because I could get her to accomplish tasks such as completing case management assignments that no one else could convince her to do. Because of this I felt that the transference she had to me was helpful. I myself did not experience any counter transference towards her, but her transference towards me helped develop a meaningful relationship for her, as she would open up to me.