ASWB Clinical practice

A self-employed carpenter has lost his health insurance and offers to rebuild his clinical social worker's deck in exchange for weekly therapy sessions. He says he would rather trade work than stop treatment. What is the BEST response?

• AAccept the offer, since the client proposed the arrangement himself
• BExplore other payment options, such as a reduced fee, before any barter
• CAccept the offer, as long as the work equals the value of the sessions
• DEnd treatment, since the client can no longer afford the usual fee