Description
First published in 1974, Social Work Treatment remains the most popular and trusted compendium of theories available to social work students and practitioners. It explores the full range of theoretical approaches that drive social work treatment and knowledge development, from psychoanalysis to crisis intervention. A treasure trove of practice knowledge, the text equips professionals with a broad array of theoretical approaches, each of which shine a spotlight on a different aspect of the human condition. Emphasizing the importance of a broad-based theoretical approach to practice, it helps readers avoid the pitfalls of becoming overly identified with a narrow focus that limits their understanding of clients and their contexts.This sweeping overview of the field untangles the increasingly complex problems, ideologies, and value sets that define contemporary social work practice. The result is an essential A-to-Z reference that charts the full range of theoretical approaches available to social workers, regardless of their setting or specialty.
Table of Contents
1. Attachment Theory and Social Work TreatmentTimothy Page2. Brain Plasticity: An Emerging Therapeutic Technique for Social WorkDan Andreae3. Chaos Theory and Social Work TreatmentSandra Loucks Campbell4. Client-Centered Theory and the Person-Centered Approach: Values-Based Evidence-SupportedWilliam S. Rowe5. Cognitive Behavior Theory and Social Work TreatmentRay J. Thomlison and Barbara Thomlison6. Cognitive Theory and Social Work TreatmentPranab Chatterjee and Suzanne Brown7. Constructivism: A Conceptual Framework for Social Work TreatmentDonald E. Carpenter and Keith Brownlee8. Crisis Theory and Social Work PracticeDiane Mirabito9. Ecopsychology: Adding "Eco" to the Biopsychosocialspiritual perpespctiveDavid Derezotes10. Empowerment Approach to Social Work TreatmentJudith A.B. Lee and Dr. Rhonda E. Hudson11. Existential Social WorkDonald Krill12. Feminist Theory and Social Work PracticeEveline Milliken13. The Four Forces: An Inclusive ModelAu-Deane Shepherd Cowley14. Functional Theory and Social Work PracticeKatherine M. Dunlap15. General Systems Theory: Evolution and ApplicationNancy Riedel Bowers and Anna Bowers16. Gestalt Theory and Social Work TreatmentElaine P. Congress17. Hope Theory and Social Work TreatmentAlexander T. Polgar18. Hypnosis and Clinical Social Work PracticeElayne Tanner19. Life Model of Social Work Practice: An overviewAlex Gitterman20. Meditation and Social Work PracticeThomas Keefe21. Mindfulness and Social WorkKirstin Bindseil and Kate Kitchen22. Narrative Theory and Social Work TreatmentPatricia Kelley and Mark Smith23. Neurolinguistic Programming Theory and Social Work TreatmentBrent Angell24. Oppression Theory and Social Work TreatmentSusan P. Robbins25 Problem-Solving and Social WorkMichael L. Shier26. Psychoanalytic System of IdeasElizabeth Ann Danto27. The Psychosocial Framework of Social Work PracticeEmilia E. Martinez-Brawley and Paz M B Zorita28. Relational Social Work: A Contemporary Psychosocial Perspective on PracticeCarol Tosone and Caroline Rosenthal Gelman29. Relational Theory and Social Work TreatmentDennis Miehls30. Resilience TheoryRobbie Gilligan31. Role Theory and Concepts Applied to Personal and Social Change in Social Work TreatmentDennis Kimberley and Louise Osmond32. Social Learning Theory and Social Work TreatmentBruce A. Thyer33. Social Networks and Social Work PracticeElizabeth M. Tracy and Suzanne Brown34. Social Work Practice in the Time of NeuroscienceRobert J. MacFadden35. Socially Costructing Social WorkDan Wulff36. Solution-Focused TheoryMo Yee Lee37. Task-Centered Social WorkAnne E. Fortune and William J. Reid38. Trauma Informed Social Work Treatment and Complex TraumaDennis Kimberley and Ruth Parsons39. Emerging TheoriesEmilia E. Martinez-BrawleyEpilogue: SOCIAL WORK TREATMENT VI:SOME FINAL COMMENTSIndex
