You are working in an inpatient rehabilitation hospital. You have just received a referral for a 19-year-old male client who suffered a severe spinal cord injury from a skiing accident. You have overheard the nurses describing the client as angry, aggressive, and reluctant to begin therapy. As you review his chart and plan for treatment, you anticipate that he will be resistant in therapy. When you approach his bedside, the client begins to yell, "Leave me alone, I'm not doing anything today!" At this point you begin to take a deep breath and remind yourself that this is a typical response in newly disabled clients. You are currently using what interpersonal reasoning step?

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You are using the "Identify and cope" step, as you recognize the client's emotional response and manage your own reaction to it.

You Are Working in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital