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Print Price: $129.99

Format:
Paperback
456 pp.
6.125" x 9.25"

ISBN-13:
9780190933555

Copyright Year:
2019

Imprint: OUP US


Social Work Practice with Families

A Resiliency-Based Approach, Third Edition

Mary Patricia Van Hook

Social Work Practice with Families uses resiliency - a strength-based perspective - to frame a collaborative approach to assessment and treatment with families. In so doing, the text aims to help counselors select a therapeutic model that effectively assists in addressing risk factors and promoting important resources. Specifically, the book gives clear examples of the elements in a strength-affirming assessment and engagement process; explains the theoretical framework and treatment techniques of major treatment models and treatment programs for specific populations; uses case illustrations to describe how treatment models could be implemented with a variety of families; discusses resiliency in terms of families belonging to various cultural groups and family structures; and identifies resiliency issues and implications for practice for families facing major problems. Including current evaluation research from US, Canadian, and global perspectives, the text serves as a helpful resource to undergraduate and graduate social work students and social work practitioners.

Readership : The primary audience consists of undergraduate and graduate social work students, in addition to social work practitioners.

Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Competencies
Part I. Introduction to Resiliency-Based Practice
1. The Nature and Sources of Resiliency
2. Setting the Stage for Work with Families: Development of the Therapeutic Alliance
3. Assessment of Families
4. Cultural Issues, Family Structure, and Resiliency
Part II. Approaches to Social Work Practice with Families: "Introduction to Family Therapy Models"
5. Social Learning/Cognitive Family Therapy Models
6. Psychoeducational Family Counseling
7. Structural Family Therapy
8. Solution-Focused Family Therapy
9. Narrative Family Therapy
10. Multisystems Family Therapy
11. Bowen Family Systems Therapy
12. Object Relations Family Therapy
13. Spirituality
Part III. Resiliency-Based Practice Framework Applications
14. Families Coping with Difficult Life Circumstances
15. Conclusion
Appendix. Family Preservation Models
References

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Mary Patricia Van Hook, PhD, MSW, is Professor Emerita of Social Work at the University of Central Florida. She has extensive experience teaching family counseling courses and working with families facing a variety of circumstances. Dr. Van Hook has written and presented in the areas of families, rural mental health, spirituality, women's issues, and resiliency.

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Special Features

  • Presents clear, practice-focused discussions of contemporary treatment models.
New to this Edition
  • Offers clear linkages between assessment, selection, and implementation of treatment models.
  • Describes specific programs addressing populations and problems.
  • Includes case illustrations covering assessment and treatment approaches.
  • Features empirical data on effectiveness of treatment strategies.
  • Utilizes a global perspective.