Integrating Spirituality in Clinical Social Work Practice
Walking the Labyrinth
Published on 3. November 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-205-59201-2 (ISBN)
Description
Focuses on the inclusion of spiritual issues in the clinical social work process.
Part of Advancing Core Competencies Series, a unique series that helps students taking advanced social work courses apply CSWE's core competencies and practice behaviors examples to specialized fields of practice.
Integrating Spirituality in Clinical Social Work Practice: Walking the Labyrinth focuses on the inclusion of spiritual issues in the clinical social work process using the metaphor of the labyrinth to discuss the implementation of spiritual issues in the various phases of the treatment process - engagement, assessment, intervention, endings, and more.
It makes the clear distinction between the concepts of "spirituality" and "religion" and addresses sensitive issues such as guilt, shame, forgiveness, death & dying, trauma, gender and social justice.
Learning Goals
Upon completing this book, readers should be able to:
Understand how the labyrinth's cyclical nature resembles the therapeutic process and reminds us that our work with clients often includes moving towards and moving away before we achieve the goal
Acknowledge the importance of the sacred (therapeutic) relationship between therapist and client
Learn the importance of understanding our countertransference reactions, exploring our own beliefs and biases and reflecting on how they may affect our work.
Distinguish between the concepts of "spirituality" and "religion"
Note: MySocialWorkLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySocialWorkLab, please visit: www.mysocialworklab.com or you can purchase a valuepack of the text + MySocialWorkLab (at no additional cost). VP: 0205206840
Part of Advancing Core Competencies Series, a unique series that helps students taking advanced social work courses apply CSWE's core competencies and practice behaviors examples to specialized fields of practice.
Integrating Spirituality in Clinical Social Work Practice: Walking the Labyrinth focuses on the inclusion of spiritual issues in the clinical social work process using the metaphor of the labyrinth to discuss the implementation of spiritual issues in the various phases of the treatment process - engagement, assessment, intervention, endings, and more.
It makes the clear distinction between the concepts of "spirituality" and "religion" and addresses sensitive issues such as guilt, shame, forgiveness, death & dying, trauma, gender and social justice.
Learning Goals
Upon completing this book, readers should be able to:
Understand how the labyrinth's cyclical nature resembles the therapeutic process and reminds us that our work with clients often includes moving towards and moving away before we achieve the goal
Acknowledge the importance of the sacred (therapeutic) relationship between therapist and client
Learn the importance of understanding our countertransference reactions, exploring our own beliefs and biases and reflecting on how they may affect our work.
Distinguish between the concepts of "spirituality" and "religion"
Note: MySocialWorkLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySocialWorkLab, please visit: www.mysocialworklab.com or you can purchase a valuepack of the text + MySocialWorkLab (at no additional cost). VP: 0205206840
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 187 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-205-59201-2 (9780205592012)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Maddy Cunningham, DSW is an Associate Professor at Fordham University, Graduate School of Social Service in New York City. She received both her MSW and DSW from Adelphi University School of Social Work. Dr. Cunningham teaches clinical practice and spirituality courses. Her teaching is informed by both the centrality of the therapeutic relationship and the importance of being mindful and truly present in the practice encounter. Dr. Cunningham views spirituality as a broad, inclusive concept. Since her undergraduate courses, she has grappled with how one includes the spiritual realm in direct practice, especially as individuals encounter the existential crises of life. While raised in a traditional Irish Catholic family, her interest in spirituality emerged from her direct practice with traumatized clients and how they find meaning in the face of their suffering.
Dr. Cunningham provides professional training for clinicians, human service workers, clergy, and police personnel. She has numerous publications on vicarious trauma and spirituality. This is her first book. Dr. Cunningham lives with her best friend and loving husband Hugh Cunningham and is blest to be surrounded by her children, children-in-law and her four precious grandsons.
Dr. Cunningham provides professional training for clinicians, human service workers, clergy, and police personnel. She has numerous publications on vicarious trauma and spirituality. This is her first book. Dr. Cunningham lives with her best friend and loving husband Hugh Cunningham and is blest to be surrounded by her children, children-in-law and her four precious grandsons.
Content
IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
2.) FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Walking the Labyrinth
Chapter 2: Spirituality & Religion
Chapter 3: Spirituality and Engagement
Chapter 4: Spiritual Assessment
Chapter 5: Intervention
Chapter 6: Guilt, Shame, and Forgiveness
Chapter 7: Suffering & Spirituality
Chapter 8: Death, Dying, & Grief
Chapter 9: When Spirituality is Harmful
Chapter 10: Gender and Spirituality
Chapter 11: Laving the Labyrinth: Gifting the World
Chapter 12: The Therapist & Spirituality
FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Preface
Chapter 1: Walking the Labyrinth
Social Work and Spirituality
The Helping Process
Treatment Approaches
The Labyrinth Walk
Clinical Practice
Conclusion
Chapter Review
Chapter 2: Spirituality & Religion
Historical Context
Religion and Spirituality
Spirituality and Clinical Practice
The Spiritual Debate
Practice Implications
Conclusion
Chapter Review
Chapter 3: Spirituality and Engagement
The Therapeutic Environment
A Sacred Space
The Holding Environment
Creating a Sacred Space
Elements of the Sacred Space
Practice Theory
Preparing Ourselves
Conclusion
Case Material: Carl
Chapter Review
Chapter 4: Spiritual Assessment
Entering the Labyrinth
Spiritual Assessment
Reasons to Assess Spirituality
Areas of Assessment
The Spiritual Domain in Treatment
Spiritual Assessment Tools
Cultural Diversity
Spirituality across the Life Span
Conclusion
Case Material: Esperanza
Chapter Review
Chapter 5: Intervention
The Center of the Labyrinth
Soul and Spirit
Intervention
Intervention Techniques
Conclusion
Case: Esperanza Continued
Chapter Review
Chapter 6: Guilt, Shame, and Forgiveness
Guilt
Shame
Countertransference Issues
Forgiveness
Countertransference Issues
Interventions
Conclusion
Case Material: Bridget
Chapter Review
Chapter 7: Suffering & Spirituality
Suffering
Why Does Suffering Exist?
Evil
Evil and Suffering
The Shadow
The Dark Night of the Soul
Suffering and Spiritual Growth
Treatment
Treatment Techniques
Conclusion
Case: Marlena
Chapter Review
Chapter 8: Death, Dying, & Grief
Death and Dying
Spiritual Treatment for the Dying Client
Treatment Techniques for the Dying Client
Grief
Treatment Techniques for Processing Grief
Conclusion
Case Material: Ralph
Chapter Review
Chapter 9: When Spirituality is Harmful
Is Religion a Destructive Force?
Religion and Meaning-Making
Collective Meaning Systems
What Goes Wrong?
Fundamentalism
Religion and Politics
Religion and Abuse
Religion and Terrorism
Gurus
New Age Spirituality
Conclusion
Chapter Review
Chapter 10: Gender and Spirituality
Sacred Stories
Women's Sacred Stories
Spiritual Development and Gender
Masculine Spirituality
Feminine Spirituality
Women and Religion
Patriarchy
Men and Patriarchy
Feminist Spirituality
Images of the Divine
Reconciliation and Integration
Alternative Paths
Treatment
Conclusion
Case Material: Rachael
Chapter Review
Chapter 11: Laving the Labyrinth: Gifting the World
Terminology
The Ending Process
The Transition from Therapy
Ending Tasks
Saying Goodbye
Implementing the Therapeutic Gifts
Spirituality and Social Justice
Conclusion
Case Material: Sexual Assault Survivors' Group
Chapter Review
Chapter 12: The Therapist & Spirituality
The Therapist's Experience
The Therapist's Personal Life
Bearing Witness
Divergent Spiritual Worldviews
Spirituality and Our Work
Conclusion
Chapter Review
References
1.) BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS
2.) FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Walking the Labyrinth
Chapter 2: Spirituality & Religion
Chapter 3: Spirituality and Engagement
Chapter 4: Spiritual Assessment
Chapter 5: Intervention
Chapter 6: Guilt, Shame, and Forgiveness
Chapter 7: Suffering & Spirituality
Chapter 8: Death, Dying, & Grief
Chapter 9: When Spirituality is Harmful
Chapter 10: Gender and Spirituality
Chapter 11: Laving the Labyrinth: Gifting the World
Chapter 12: The Therapist & Spirituality
FULL TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Preface
Chapter 1: Walking the Labyrinth
Social Work and Spirituality
The Helping Process
Treatment Approaches
The Labyrinth Walk
Clinical Practice
Conclusion
Chapter Review
Chapter 2: Spirituality & Religion
Historical Context
Religion and Spirituality
Spirituality and Clinical Practice
The Spiritual Debate
Practice Implications
Conclusion
Chapter Review
Chapter 3: Spirituality and Engagement
The Therapeutic Environment
A Sacred Space
The Holding Environment
Creating a Sacred Space
Elements of the Sacred Space
Practice Theory
Preparing Ourselves
Conclusion
Case Material: Carl
Chapter Review
Chapter 4: Spiritual Assessment
Entering the Labyrinth
Spiritual Assessment
Reasons to Assess Spirituality
Areas of Assessment
The Spiritual Domain in Treatment
Spiritual Assessment Tools
Cultural Diversity
Spirituality across the Life Span
Conclusion
Case Material: Esperanza
Chapter Review
Chapter 5: Intervention
The Center of the Labyrinth
Soul and Spirit
Intervention
Intervention Techniques
Conclusion
Case: Esperanza Continued
Chapter Review
Chapter 6: Guilt, Shame, and Forgiveness
Guilt
Shame
Countertransference Issues
Forgiveness
Countertransference Issues
Interventions
Conclusion
Case Material: Bridget
Chapter Review
Chapter 7: Suffering & Spirituality
Suffering
Why Does Suffering Exist?
Evil
Evil and Suffering
The Shadow
The Dark Night of the Soul
Suffering and Spiritual Growth
Treatment
Treatment Techniques
Conclusion
Case: Marlena
Chapter Review
Chapter 8: Death, Dying, & Grief
Death and Dying
Spiritual Treatment for the Dying Client
Treatment Techniques for the Dying Client
Grief
Treatment Techniques for Processing Grief
Conclusion
Case Material: Ralph
Chapter Review
Chapter 9: When Spirituality is Harmful
Is Religion a Destructive Force?
Religion and Meaning-Making
Collective Meaning Systems
What Goes Wrong?
Fundamentalism
Religion and Politics
Religion and Abuse
Religion and Terrorism
Gurus
New Age Spirituality
Conclusion
Chapter Review
Chapter 10: Gender and Spirituality
Sacred Stories
Women's Sacred Stories
Spiritual Development and Gender
Masculine Spirituality
Feminine Spirituality
Women and Religion
Patriarchy
Men and Patriarchy
Feminist Spirituality
Images of the Divine
Reconciliation and Integration
Alternative Paths
Treatment
Conclusion
Case Material: Rachael
Chapter Review
Chapter 11: Laving the Labyrinth: Gifting the World
Terminology
The Ending Process
The Transition from Therapy
Ending Tasks
Saying Goodbye
Implementing the Therapeutic Gifts
Spirituality and Social Justice
Conclusion
Case Material: Sexual Assault Survivors' Group
Chapter Review
Chapter 12: The Therapist & Spirituality
The Therapist's Experience
The Therapist's Personal Life
Bearing Witness
Divergent Spiritual Worldviews
Spirituality and Our Work
Conclusion
Chapter Review
References