Clinical Social Work Practice: An Integrated Approach

Author: Cooper
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: This book introduces the various issues, people, situations, skills, and initial conflicts that professional service providers often encounter in social work practice when helping individuals, couples, families, or small groups improve their quality of life. Specific content includes the development of the clinical social work field, the philosophical and ethical foundations of clinical social work, the various problems and clients that social workers need to address, the helping process of social work therapists, the initial meeting and diagnostic stage, specific concepts and skills frequently used in comprehensive social work practice, how to end the therapeutic relationship, and clinical practice evaluation.