As a practicing social worker, I have sometimes struggled to not get caught up in my personal thoughts and beliefs and to transfer them to my clients. This is what happened to Mindy during her relationship with Mr. Marshall. Spirituality and faith are often the guiding forces for many people, including myself, and although it seems easy to separate my beliefs from being a social worker, it is very difficult. There is a policy that guides my practice within my agency and there are core values ​​that guide my interactions with clients and these are not congruent. For Mindy, the medical center/clinic's policies related to her job performance were intended to help Mr. Marshall plan for his treatment and end-of-life care. This took time because Mindy's role as a social worker required her to synthesize all the information provided by Mr. Marshall about his childhood, family situation, marital experience and faith and help him take all this information and prepare a care plan. it was customer-led. While in the midst of Mr. Marshall's illness, her core social work values ​​created dysfunction within herself and she shifted from the role of worker/client to that of friend/client. This is why I think Mindy's skills would be improved if she was able to pursue continuing education.