Definition: Gift giving is an important kind of symbolic communication. There is many times when clients and/or families give gifts to convey feelings that they want to express. Gift giving can be used by the therapist in family assessment and enhances family communication. It may be used as an intervention technique to encourage family members to become more aware of one another’s needs and feelings and to express their own feelings to one another. Gift giving can carry multiple messages.
Procedures: Gift-giving is family-initiated. The prescription is to give a gift of positive actions rather than objects. This program is encourages the client to look toward the positive actions in other family members, rather than the negative.
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