This edited text brings together the stories of nine clinical social
workers working during COVID-19, exploring the disconnections caused
by a forced use of technology as well as the disconnections apparent
in a time of social injustice. Employing narrative strategies to
capture this transformative moment of our history, these chapters
explore the effects of technology and social media on psychotherapy,
the delivery of services for the chronically mentally ill and elderly,
as well as the consequences of recent cultural shifts on our
conceptions of gender, sexuality, race, the immigrant experience, and
political activism. While traditional research methodologies tend to
address social problems as if they were divorced from the lives and
experiences of human beings, these chapters employ phenomenological
description of how the existing system functions, to identify
theory-to-practice gaps and to recover the experiences of the person
within the various institutional structures. Divided into three parts,
each chapter begins with pre-reading and close reading questions and
ends with writing prompts, allowing for practitioners and students to
examine their own thoughts, and put what they have learnt into
practice. Suitable for students of clinical social work and practicing
mental health professionals, this book is essential for those wanting
to make sense of social work practice in our constantly evolving
times.
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Narrative Case Studies
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781000584158
Publisert
2022
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Taylor & Francis
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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