Abdul wants to communicate that his grandmother’s death deeply affected him. “A beloved grandmother’s death is a huge event. It would leave emotional scars on anyone,” he says. Identify the skill(s) in which Abdul needs improvement and describe how he could rephrase his statements to engage in true self-disclosure.

What will be an ideal response?

Abdul should improve in owning his emotions and experiences through using I-statements. He could rephrase his statement as, “I loved my grandmother very deeply. I still feel emotional scars from her death.”

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