Intrusive Questions In Social Work

They had no concept of trust and relied wholly on administering bureaucratic templates to make a referral. For example, there was an expectation, project workers, who were not therapeutically trained, would pick up, from their client group, a requirement, the men and women would need therapy, and then facilitate this. After picking up the requirement for therapy, they would then ask a series of intrusive questions, outlined in a form designed by academics. These questions were based on a series of questions asking someone before they accessed therapy whether someone had been sexually abused. There was an initial expectation these marginalised clients were fully aware of what they had self-medicated away, encased within their memories and recollections.