Part 1 Clinical Social Work - Historical and Current Perspectives on Theory Building. Part 2 Toward a Structural Understanding of Ego: Background; A Concept of Ego; Ego Functions; The Superego. Part 3 Ego Development - Processes of Internalization: Overview; Lower Level Processes - Attachment and Involvement; Midlevel Process - Identification, Introduction and Differentiation; Higher Level Processes - Separation and Autonomy. Part 4 Psychological Stages of Development - The Evolving Nature of the Self: Infancy and Early Childhood - Six to Twelve Years; Adolescence, Adulthood - Marriage; Parenthood. Part 5 Ego States - An Ego-Oriented Model of Clinical Social Work: The Human Context of Clinical Practice; The Focus of Clinical Process; The Role of the Therapist. Part 6 Exploration and Evaluation: Exploration; Evaluation; Historical and Sociocultural Aspects of Evaluation. Part 7 Therapeutic Responsiveness: Development of Typologies in Clinical Social work; Support; Confrontation; Interpretation; Relationship.
