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Print Price: $100.99

Format:
Paperback
264 pp.
152 mm x 226 mm

ISBN-13:
9780190616526

Copyright Year:
2008

Imprint: OUP US

Endings in Clinical Practice

Endings in Clinical Practice, Second Edition

Joseph Walsh

Series : Lyceum

Effective endings ensure that intervention gains continue after the therapeutic relationship ends. Joseph Walsh relates this critical topic to all practitioners through his use of diverse settings, detailed coverage of clinical endings, and extensive case illustrations that make the content concrete, practical, and accessible. Walsh takes a multi-setting and multi-theoretical approach to the often-overlooked topic of endings in clinical practice.

Endings in Clinical Practice is organized into three parts. The first part covers types of endings in clinical practice, both planned and unplanned; the importance of closure; and common endings tasks across fields of practice. Part Two outlines theoretical perspectives on endings especially pertinent to advanced practitioners. The final section considers a variety of specific clinical ending situations and the ways in which clients and practitioners may react to them.

Readership : Graduate and undergraduate students in social work, social welfare, human services, and related fields.

Reviews

"Endings in Clinical Practice is very interesting, well-conceptualized, and well-written. Its focus on theoretical perspectives on endings is particularly valuable because students often get caught up in the techniques of practice and lose sight of the importance of theory. The author's points are clearly developed and well illustrated with case examples from a variety of practice settings."
--Irene Gutheil, Fordham University
"Joseph Walsh has produced a concise but thorough text which brings the topic of termination into full view.. This text is useful to the beginning as well as the more seasoned practitioner."
--Marta Lundy, Loyola University Chicago

About the Author
Foreword by Thomas M. Meenaghan
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface
Part 1 An Overview of the Endings Process
1. Types of Endings
2. The Importance of Closure
3. Tasks for Ending
Part 2 Theoretical Perspectives on Endings
4. Reflective Theories
5. Cognitive-Behavior Theory
6. The Solution-Focused and Narrative Theories
7. Family Theory
8. Group Interventions
Part 3 Endings Across Service Settings
9. Client Reactions to Endings
10. Practitioner Reactions to Endings
11. Additional Ending Activities
References
Index

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Joseph Walsh, (PhD, LCSW, Ohio State University) is professor of social work at Virginia Commonwealth University. He has been a direct services practitioner in the field of mental health since 1974, first in a psychiatric hospital and later in community mental health center settings. He continues to provide direct services to clients at the university counseling center and also at area shelters, clubhouses, and group homes. Professor Walsh was the 1998 recipient of the National Mental Health Association's George Goodman Brudney and Ruth P. Brudney Social Work Award, given annually to recognize significant contributions to the care and treatment of persons with mental illness.

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