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Clinical Social Work Practice: An Integrated Approach, 6th edition

Published by Pearson (December 24, 2020) © 2021

  • Marlene G Cooper
  • Joan Granucci Lesser

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For courses in direct or clinical social work practice.

Integrate theory and practice on multiple levels

Clinical Social Work Practice provides students with a method for integrating clinical theories and practice with diverse clients. This user-friendly book addresses assessment within a theoretical framework that considers the DSM-V and mental status exam. Diverse case studies are integrated throughout. The authors' clinical social work is presented authentically, describing successes as well as mistakes.

The 6th Edition includes a new chapter on the theoretical base for clinical social work practice, a revised chapter on trauma theory, a new chapter on special issues, and more.

Hallmark features of this title

  • Multiple theoretical perspectives include psychodynamic, transtheoretical, motivational, relational, cognitive, behavioral, and postmodern. Students will learn to distinguish theories and make connections between them.
  • Clinical learning tools, such as a step-by-step walkthrough of a clinical interview and a detailed biopsychosocial assessment, prepare students for clinical work.
  • Clinical examples help students conceptualize theoretical formulations and form diagnostic impressions based on the DSM-V and mental status exam.
  • Dialogue from work with real clients is presented along with clinical techniques.
  • Case discussions show both clients' and social workers' common struggles with change and the therapeutic process.

New and updated features of this title

  • NEW: Chapter on the theoretical base for clinical social work practice highlights the evolution of theoretical models, how to select a theoretical model to guide clinical practice, an understanding of evidence-based practice, the significance of the therapeutic relationship across theoretical models, and how to integrate theory and practice.
  • UPDATED: Chapter on trauma theory includes new sections on the neurobiology of trauma and traumatic memory; complex and collective trauma; trauma and substance abuse; trauma attachment and development; trauma resilience; and psychopharmacology and trauma treatment.
  • UPDATED/NEW: Recent research and findings are included in every chapter. New content on neuroscience is included in chapters 5, 6, 7 and 10.
  • UPDATED: Coverage of special practice issues examines working with suicidal clients, ethics and professional boundaries, substance abuse and substance use disorders, and telehealth. A new commentary section details the coauthors' own clinical practice experiences on the issues.
  • UPDATED: Learning objectives and new reflection questions assist in processing the case material.
  1. Theoretical Base for Clinical Social Work Practice
  2. The Clinical Interview: The Process of Assessment
  3. The Biopsychosocial Assessment
  4. Multicultural Practice
  5. Object Relations Theory: A Relational Psychodynamic Model
  6. Self-Psychology: A Relational Psychodynamic Model
  7. Relational Theory
  8. Behavior Therapy: A Structural Approach
  9. Cognitive Theory: A Structural Approach
  10. Narrative Therapy
  11. Solution-Focused Therapy
  12. Trauma Theory
  13. Special Issues in Clinical Practice

About our authors

Marlene G. Cooper, PhD, LCSW, is a Professor Emerita, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, and a clinical social worker in private practice in East Brunswick, NJ. She is past president of the New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

Joan Granucci Lesser, PhD, LICSW, is the founder of The Pioneer Valley Professionals, a multidisciplinary clinical practice facility in Holyoke, MA, where she practiced for over 20 years and for which she received The Association of Social Workers, MA 2012 Chapter Award for "Greatest Contribution to Social Work Practice." She is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at Smith College School for Social Work.

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