For a client exhibiting anxiety, which intervention provides immediate reassurance?

The best intervention for providing immediate reassurance to a client exhibiting anxiety is staying with the client and offering presence. This approach creates a sense of safety and comfort, which is crucial when someone is experiencing heightened anxiety. The presence of a supportive figure can help ground the individual and reduce feelings of isolation or panic.

Offering presence means being physically and emotionally available to the client, which helps to instill a sense of trust and calm. It assures the client that they are not alone in their distress, providing a stabilizing influence during an anxious moment.

In contrast, lengthy explanations of their situation may overwhelm or confuse the client further, especially if they are not in the right state of mind to process complex information. Discussing multiple treatment options might add to their anxiety by presenting too many choices when they need simplicity and support instead. Encouraging reflection on their feelings could also be an important part of therapy but is not the most immediate means of providing reassurance when someone is in a heightened state of anxiety.