Direct social work practice :

Dean H Hepworth

Direct social work practice : theory and skills Dean H Hepworth [and others]. - 8th ed - Australia ; Belmont, CA :Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning, ©2010. - xviii, 654 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Includes index.

1. Introduction --
The challenges of social work --
Direct practice: domain, philosophy, and roles --
Overview of the helping process --
Operationalizing the cardinal social work values --
2. Exploring, assessing, and planning --
Building blocks of communication: communicating with empathy and authenticity --
Verbal following, exploring, and focusing skills --
Eliminating counterproductive communication patterns --
Assessment: exploring and understanding problems and strengths --
Assessment: intrapersonal, interpersonal, and environmental factors --
Assessing family functioning gin diverse family and cultural contexts --
Forming and assessing social work groups --
Developing goals and formulating a contract --
3. The change-oriented phase --
Planning and implementing change-oriented strategies --
Developing resources, organizing, planning, and advocacy as intervention strategies --
Enhancing family relationships --
Intervening in social work groups --
Additive empathy, interpretation, and confrontation --
Managing barriers to change --
4. Termination phase --
The final phase: evaluation and termination.

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