ISBN:
9781461466819
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XII, 293 p, digital)
Series Statement:
Essential Clinical Social Work Series
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Druckausg.
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Psychotherapy
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Social work
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Applied psychology
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
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Psychotherapy
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Social work
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Applied psychology
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USA
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Sozialarbeit
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Beziehungsdiagnostik
Abstract:
Social work and relational theory have long been clinical comrades, given their shared goals and ideals. This close fit continues to be productive as client populations and their needs grow more diverse. Clinical Social Work Practice with Diverse Populations sorts through vital matters of race, ethnicity, sexuality, religion, and social status--and addresses groups and issues often seen in practice but rarely encountered in print--with a profound understanding of the healing power of relational-based treatment. Case examples illustrate all stages of social work process, offering practice guidelines for working with members of diverse groups while emphasizing the uniqueness of every therapeutic dyad. The coverage recognizes the multiple relationships that comprise individuals' lives as well as the individuality that co-exists within group identity. And the contributors carefully show readers how to check themselves for biases and us-versus-them thinking, and how to develop confidence along with clinical skills. Included in this first-of-its-kind text: · Practice technique and research support for relational therapy. · Whiteness: Deconstruction of a practice paradox. · Racial and ethnic diversity, including African American, Latino, Asian American, and Asian Indian clients. · Religious diversity: evangelical Christians, Muslim, and Orthodox Jewish clients. · Diversity of sexual identity: LGBT clients. · Diversity of life-altering experiences: combat veterans, reentry from incarceration, homelessness. · Plus: background chapters providing a framework for applying relational theory to social work. Bridging the knowledge gaps between the diversity literature and the practical literature, Relational Social Work Practice with Diverse Populations supplies clinical social work professionals, educators, and counselors with tools and concepts for effective, efficient practice.
Description / Table of Contents:
Dedication; Acknowledgments; Contents; Contributors; Part IFoundations of Relational Diversity Practice; Introduction; Diversity and Relational Social Work Practice; Emphasis on Practice; Book Contents; Section One; Section Two; Section Three; Section Four; Section Five; References; Orientation to and Validation of Relational Diversity Practice; Relational Diversity Practice; Applying Relational Theory to Practice with Diverse Populations; Emergence of Relational Theory for Clinical Social Work Practice; Key Concepts of Relational Clinical Practice; Guidelines for Practice
Description / Table of Contents:
Clinical Social Work Stages and Techniques with Diverse PopulationsConclusion; Study Questions; References; Relational Therapy: Constructivist Principles to Guide Diversity Practice; Introduction; Introducing the Bricolage; Modern and Social Constructivist Perspectives; Positivism and the Modern World; Constructivist Research Perspectives; Overview of the Traditions of Qualitative Research; Ethnography; Phenomenology and Hermeneutics; Heuristic Inquiry; Grounded Theory and Constructivist Grounded Theory; Bricolage: Methods from Constructivist Research for Relational Therapy
Description / Table of Contents:
Reservations and Rewards of Joining Research and Therapeutic ConceptsReferences; The Color of Whiteness and the Paradox of Diversity; Whiteness; Diagnosis and Assessment; Treatment; Conclusion; References; Relational Social Work and Religious Diversity; Introduction; Religion and Spirituality in Relational Clinical Social Work Practice; The Relational Clinician and Religious/Spiritual Content; Apparent Versus Inherent Tensions Between Religion and Clinical Social Work; Relational Appreciation of Religion and Spirituality in Individual Functioning; Clinical Social Work and Pastoral Counseling
Description / Table of Contents:
Definition of TermsIntrapsychic Functions of Religion and Spirituality: Multicultural Implications; A Brief Example of Religiously Informed Clinical Practice; Religion and Spirituality in the Secular Clinical Social Work Setting; Conclusion; References; Part IIRacial and Ethnic Diversities; A Relational Approach to Clinical Practice with African-American Clients; Introduction; Understanding the Socio-cultural, Political, and Historical Contexts of African-American Clients; Complexity, Confusion, and Misunderstanding of What Race Means
Description / Table of Contents:
Impact of "Racial Formation" on Relational Social Work PracticeDeconstructing Assumptions/Misconceptions About-African Americans as a Group; Case Illustrations of Relational Practice with African-American Clients; Case Illustrations Involving White Clinician and Black Client; Case Illustrations Involving Black Clinicians and Black Clients; Conclusion; References; Relational Social Work Practice with Hispanic Clients; Introduction; The Hispanic Population and Relational Social Work Needs; Understanding Relevant Cultural Characteristics of Hispanics
Description / Table of Contents:
Gender-Specific Roles in Relational Practice with Hispanic Clients
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4614-6681-9
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