Direct Social Work Practice
Theory and Skills
3rd Edition
Published on 1. January 1990
Book
Hardback
736 pages
978-0-534-12366-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book should be of interest to undergraduate and graduate courses in direct practice, generalist practice, clinical social work, interpersonal practice and social work practice.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 182 mm
Width: 225 mm
Weight
1300 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-534-12366-6 (9780534123666)
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Content
Part One: Introduction. Social work: an overview. Direct practice: domain, philosophy and roles. Overview of the helping process. Operationalizing social work values. Part Two: Exploring, assessing, planning. Relationship building skills. Verbal following, exploring and focusing skills. Eliminating counterproductive communication patterns. Multidimensional assessment. Assessing intrapersonal and environmental systems. Assessing family functioning. Assessing group processes. Enhancing motivation with involuntary and ambivalent clients. Negotiating goals and formulating a contract. Part Three: The change oriented phase. Planning and implementing change-oriented strategies. Enhancing clients' problem solving, social skills, and assertiveness. Modifying environments, developing resources and planning. Enhancing interpersonal relationships. Relaxation training, cognitive restructuring and stress inoculation. Additive empathy, interpretation and confrontation. Managing individual, relational and organisational barriers to change. Part Four: The termination and evaluation phase. The final phase: termination and evaluation.