You are working with a support group. One of the participants tells you on the side that another participant is monopolizing the group’s time with frivolous details and asks if you will do something. Who owns the problem? 

In the above situations, identify who owns the problem. As you study each case, decide whether it is you, as the worker, who owns the problem; whether the client and perhaps the client’s family owns the problem; or whether both you and the client own the problem at the same time.