You are asked to consider how you (whom the client is meeting for the very 1st time) could develop a working relationship and support your intervention strategies with the assigned readings.

Think about the unique strategies and challenges each client presents and how your going to use that knowledge to build rapport. Consider cultural, spiritual, religious, and filial identities that each client in the vignette displays and apply your reading to understand the unique considerations for the case.

There is 2 vignettes #1 is Lorella #2 is Mika & Joe only pick 1. It might be better if you pick Lorella she is 61 year old transgender.

The following questions need to be answered in your paper: this paper is only about engagement
1. What is (are) the major obstacle(s) in engaging this client.
2. What is your clinical countertransference in working with this client? Please use the 1st person tense for this section.
3. What does the literature/research say about engagement with this client?
4. What is your strategy to engage this client considering all your answers above?

Use scholarly works(articles) please provide conceptual and empirical evidence to support your intervention through the paper.
Use the editorial reference style as specified in the APA Publication Manual 6th edition (https://apastyle.apa.org/)