The client is a 35-year-old Hispanic heterosexual male suffering from depression and suicidal ideation due to current life changes. The client is having seizures and lost his job and driver's license. The client is not receiving assistance from social services agencies. The client expressed a sense of shame associated with seeking mental health assistance and believed that, as a man, he should be able to manage his problems independently. He conveyed guilt, inadequacy, and difficulty coping with the current situation.

1. Advanced Engagement Skills:Identify two advanced engagement skills needed to connect with this client in a positive manner and build rapport that demonstrates a strengths-based approach. Discuss how you will apply these two skills using authoritative sources to support your position.
2. Interpersonal Dynamics/Context of Case:Analyze 2 interpersonal dynamics or the context of the case, which either strengthen or potentially weaken the client worker relationship.
3. Level Four Empathetic Statements:Identify 3 level-four empathetic statements to use with this client to validate their feelings and strengthen your working relationship with them. Discuss how you will apply these 3 empathetic statements to convey understanding and empathy towards the client.
4. Maintaining Neutrality: Explain one method of maintaining neutrality with the client without imposing judgment, and clearly connect the NASW Code of Ethics to this explanation.
5. Engagement & Conclusions:Discuss one method of engaging the client at the engagement stage, that you will use to promote client participation in the decision making process of future work. Conclude with your rationale for using the identified method, using an authoritative source to support your position