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Preface | |
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A Model of the Helping Process | |
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An Interactional Approach to Helping | |
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Social Work Practice Theory | |
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The Client-System Interaction | |
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Underlying Assumptions in the Interactional Model | |
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The Social Work Profession: A Historical Perspective | |
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Social Work Skill and the Working Relationship | |
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The Integration of Personal and Professional Selves | |
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Oppression Psychology | |
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Resilience Theory | |
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Additional Social Work Perspectives | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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Social Work With Individuals | |
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The Preliminary Phase of Work | |
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Communications in Practice | |
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The Preliminary Phase: Tuning In to Self and to the Client | |
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Responding Directly to Indirect Cues | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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Beginnings and the Contracting Skills | |
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The Dynamics of New Relationships | |
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Contracting in First Sessions | |
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Models for Assessment in the Beginning Phase | |
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Culturally Diverse Practice | |
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Education and Training for Culturally Sensitive Practice | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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Skills in the Work Phase | |
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A Model of the Work Phase Interview | |
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Work Phase Summary | |
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Sessional Tuning-In Skills | |
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Sessional Contracting Skills | |
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Elaborating Skills | |
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Empathic Skills | |
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Sharing the Worker's Feelings | |
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Making a Demand for Work | |
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Pointing Out Obstacles | |
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Identifying Process and Content Connections | |
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Sharing Data | |
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Helping the Client See Life in New Ways | |
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Sessional Ending and Transition Skills | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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Endings and Transitions | |
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The Dynamics and Skills of Endings | |
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The Skills of Transitions | |
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Variations on Endings | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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Social Work With Families | |
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Family Practice in the Social Work Context | |
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Social Work With Families | |
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Selected Concepts From Family Therapy Theory | |
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The Two-Client Concept and the Worker's Role | |
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The Beginning Phase | |
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The Middle Phase | |
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Two Special Circumstances | |
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The Ending and Transition Phase | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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Problem-Centered Family Practice | |
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Agency Mandate, Client Problem, and Family Counseling | |
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Hiding the Family's Secrets: Dealing With Taboo Areas | |
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The Child Welfare Setting | |
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Family Practice in a School Setting | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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Social Work With Groups | |
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The Group as a Mutual-Aid System | |
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The Fear-of-Groups Syndrome | |
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The Dynamics of Mutual Aid | |
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Obstacles to Mutual Aid | |
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The Function of the Group Leader | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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Group Formation | |
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Preparing for Group Work | |
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Work With the Staff System | |
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Group Composition, Timing, and Structure | |
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Work With Prospective Members | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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The Beginning Phase in the Group | |
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The Dynamics of First Group Sessions | |
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The Couples' Group: An Illustration | |
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Variations on First Group Sessions | |
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Recontracting | |
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Coleadership in Groups | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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The Work Phase in the Group | |
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Sessional Contracting in the Group | |
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The Work Phase in a Group Session | |
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Sessional Endings and Transitions | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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Working With the Individual and the Group | |
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The Concept of Role in a Dynamic System | |
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The Scapegoat | |
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The Deviant Member | |
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The Gatekeeper | |
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The Defensive Member | |
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The Quiet Member | |
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The Monopolizer | |
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The Group as an Organism | |
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Developmental Tasks for the Group | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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Endings and Transitions With Groups | |
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Ending and Transition Phase Summary | |
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Group Illustrations | |
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A Termination Session: The Worker Leaving the Group | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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Variations in Group Practice | |
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The Open-Ended Group | |
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The Single-Session Group | |
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Activity Groups | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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Social Work With the System | |
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Professional Impact and Helping Clients Negotiate the System | |
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The Individual-System Interaction | |
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Mediating the Individual-System Engagement | |
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Confrontation, Social Pressure, and Advocacy | |
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Professional Impact on the System | |
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From Individual Problems to Social Action | |
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Professional Impact and Interstaff Relationships | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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Social Work in the Community | |
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Community Practice in the Social Work Context | |
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Community Organizing Philosophy and Models | |
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The Neighborhood as Community | |
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The Milieu as Community | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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The Impact of the Agency, Ethics, Legislation, and Evaluation | |
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Agency Records, Referral Reports, and the Agency Culture | |
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Values and Ethics in Social Work Practice | |
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The Impact of Legislation and the Court | |
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Evaluation of Practice: Process and Outcomes | |
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Chapter Summary | |
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Related Online Content and Activities | |
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Glossary | |
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References | |
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Index of Case Examples | |
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Name Index | |
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Subject Index | |