Unit Introduction and What You Will Learn
Week 13 is synchronous with a class session on Saturday (11/22/25). Students will read about barriers that make change hard for clients and how we might limit those barriers in our practice (Hepworth et al, 2025). There are forums for reflection on the reading, for sharing personal experiences of making individual change, and a space to explore cultural and racial dynamics and the impact they might have on our helping relationships with clients—the agenda for the in-person session to come.
Unit Assignments
Content
- Read Hepworth et al. (2023) Chapter 18 Managing Barriers to Change
W-13 A-02 Asynchronous Engagement
The expectation is that each of your replies will be substantive and provide meaningful perspectives, contributing to the forum’s conversation and scholarship. They can be related to the prompts or building on conversations shared by peers. There are three forums for this week, and you are expected to make at least three replies across any of the forums. These forums include the following:
- The Chapter 18 Discussion invites students to engage with a range of advanced clinical topics from the reading.
- Students can explore their own lived experiences of trying to make meaningful change in the forum Personal Examples of Challenges Making Change.
- The Cross-Cultural/Racial Dynamics and Potential Barriers to the Helping Relationship forum offers space for reflection on the complexities of identity in the helping relationship.
A-03 Reading Quiz
W-13 Hepworth et al. (2023) Chapters 18 due no later than Saturday 11/22, 8:00 AM.
Unit Resources
slides
The Lecture Videos tab in the MyHeritage course is where you will be able to find class recordings. The video this week is at [Fall 2025 SOWK 530 Week 13]().
To-Do List
- Attend class
- Read the chapter and do the quiz
- Complete at least three replies across the forums