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Empowerment is a term widely used in recent social work literature. It covers a spectrum of meanings which are from macro perspective such as a practice orientation, value and model to a micro process such as skills solving clients’ problems. Enhancing client’s empowerment is a trend and the require...

Empowerment is a term widely used in recent social work literature. It covers a spectrum of meanings which are from macro perspective such as a practice orientation, value and model to a micro process such as skills solving clients’ problems. Enhancing client’s empowerment is a trend and the requirement of our times as well as it fits well with the value of the social work practice. However, there are few suggestions how social workers specifically enhance empowerment of their clients. This article emphasizes the social workers’ use of language for empowerment of client from the constructivist perspective. The constructivist posits language does not provide only a mirrored representation of experience but creates the world by shaping one’s thoughts, perceptions and interpretations of that experience. Social workers should pay close attention to their use of language in co-constructing the more empowered world with clients. They should be aware of reflexivity in the use of language to facilitate clients’achievement of greater empowerment.

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