Clinical Social Work Practice: An Integrated Approach, 5th edition
Published by Pearson (July 10, 2014) © 2015
- Marlene G Cooper
- Joan Granucci Lesser
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- Key Topic Quiz. Access chapter content comprehension with Key Topic quizzes. (See page 1, 67, and 219 for examples.)
- Chapter Review. Readers can check their understanding of chapter concepts by completing of chapter reviews. (See page 9, 90, and 142 for examples.)
- Interactive Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter. (See page 1 and 190 for examples.)Â
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Additional text features include:
- Prepares Students for Clinical Work - Tools, such as An Integrated Approach to Clinical Practice in chapter 3 and a step-by-step walkthrough of a clinical interview in chapter 4, aid the integration of field and classroom, theory and skill-building, helping students apply theory to practice. Clinical examples help students conceptualize theoretical formulations and form diagnostic impressions based on the DSM-V and the mental status exam.
- Illustrates Actual Client Work - Clinical techniques along with dialogue from actual work with clients are explored throughout the book. The clients examined reflect the larger social issues of current times. They include: survivors of child abuse and neglect, domestic violence, discrimination, racism, and mental illness. Chapter 4: The Psychosocial Study:The Product of Assessment, includes a model that walks the student through the process.
- Demonstrates Common Struggles - Case discussions show both clients’ and social workers’ struggles with change and the therapeutic process. The process recordings reflect work with individuals, families, and groups of different cultural, racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds. For example, a process recording from an interview with a Latina women struggling in her role as wife and daughter describes the integration in detail. An entirely new online resourc ewill accompany the text that reflects treatment of children and adolescents in foster care, and the issues that they face in forming new attachments. Â
- Includes an Array of Theories - Â This covers multiple theories, such as psychodynamic, transtheoretical, relational, cognitive, behavioral, and postmodern. Despite their differences, each theory views the therapeutic process as having been created by the therapist and client in an atmosphere of mutuality and collaboration. Students will be able to distinguish theories as well as make connections between them. A new Chapter 14: Trauma Theory, includes the discussion of two contemporary trauma theories and detailed case examples on a middle aged women, and a child.
Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:
- Key Topic Quiz. Access chapter content comprehension with Key Topic quizzes. (See page 1, 67, and 219 for examples.)
- Chapter Review. Readers can check their understanding of chapter concepts by completing of chapter reviews. (See page 9, 90, and 142 for examples.)
- Interactive Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter. (See page 1 and 190 for examples.)
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Key content changes include:
Correlated with the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Competencies.Â
Chapter 1
- References have been updated.
Chapter 2
- References have been updated.
- New content, Social Work in the Digital Age, has been added as a key issue.
Chapter 3
- References are updated.
- New content on alliance ruptures in the therapeutic relationship has been added.
Chapter 4
- The chapter has been revised to conform to the new edition of the DSM, the DSM V. References have also been updated.
Chapter 5
- References have been updated. Â
- New content of a system for organizing the multiple dimensions of peoples’ identities has been added.
Chapter 6
- References have been updated.
Chapter 7
- References have been updated.
Chapter 8
- References have been updated. Â
- There is new content on relational social work practice, brief relational theory and the Black Identity Development Model.
Chapter 9
- References have been updated. Â
- New  content on the role of the therapeutic relationship and mindfulness based therapy has been added.
- There is also expanded content on cognitive remediation.
Chapter 10
- References have been updated. Â
- New content on dialectical behavioral therapy has been added. Â
- There is also new content on the therapeutic relationship.
Chapter 11
- References have been updated.
Chapter 12
- References have been updated.
- New content on solution focused therapy as a brief treatment model, and solution based therapy with children, adolescents and substance abusers has been added.
Chapter 13
- References have been updated.
Chapter 14
- This is an entirely new chapter. Â
- Content includes: acute stress disorder, PTSD, trauma, attachment and development, trauma treatment, and a psychodynamic mentalization based model.
- A case example discusses trauma treatment of a middle aged woman is an abusive relationship.
In this Section:
    I) Brief Table of Contents
    II) Detailed Table of Contents
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I) Brief Table of Contents
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Chapter 1. An Integrated Approach to Clinical Practice  Â
Chapter 2. Key Issues in Clinical Practice  Â
Chapter 3. The Clinical Interview: The Process of Assessment  Â
Chapter 4. The Psychosocial Study: The Product of Assessment  Â
Chapter 5. Multicultural Practice  Â
Chapter 6. Object Relations Theory: A Relational Psychodynamic Model  Â
Chapter 7. Self-Psychology: A Relational Psychodynamic Model  Â
Chapter 8. Relational Theory   Â
Chapter 9. Cognitive Theory: A Structural Approach  Â
Chapter 10. Behavior Therapy: A Structural Approach  Â
Chapter 11. Narrative Therapy  Â
Chapter 12. Solution-Focused Therapy  Â
Chapter 13. Trauma
Chapter 14. Clinical Practice with Children and Adolescents  Â
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II) Detailed Table of Contents
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Chapter 1. An Integrated Approach to Clinical Practice  Â
Theoretical Base for Clinical Social Work Practice  Â
The Integrative Model  Â
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Chapter 2. Key Issues in Clinical Practice  Â
Brief Treatment  Â
Ethics and Boundaries  Â
The Suicidal Client  Â
Managed Care  Â
Therapist Self-Care and Self-Compassion  Â
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Chapter 3. The Clinical Interview: The Process of Assessment  Â
Beginning, Middle, and End Stages of Treatment  Â
The Therapeutic Relationship  Â
Transtheoretical Model: The Stages of Change  Â
The Middle Stage of Treatment—Moving to Contemplation, Preparation, and Ac-tion  Â
The Ending Phase of Treatment  Â
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Chapter 4. The Psychosocial Study: The Product of Assessment  Â
Preparing the Psychosocial Study  Â
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Chapter 5. Multicultural Practice  Â
Cultural Competence  Â
Multicultural Clinical Practice  Â
Dr. Joan Granucci Lesser, PhD, LICW is founder and practicing clinician with The Pioneer Valley Professionals a multidisciplinary mental health practice in Holyoke, MA. She is also Adjunct Associate Professor at Smith College School for Social Work where she was formerly on the full time faculty and chair of social work practice. Dr. Lesser is the co-author of Human Behavior and the Social Environment: Theory and Practice as well as a number of book chapters and papers. Dr. Lesser has presented locally, nationally and internationally on a variety of clinical topics, including the treatment of trauma in children, adolescents and the elderly; neurobehavioral disorder such as ADHD and the application of theory to clinical practice with multicultural populations.  Dr. Lesser has co-conducted research related to trauma in Kingston, Jamaica and Guangzhou, China. Dr. Lesser was the 2012 NASW Ma Chapter recipient of he award for greatest contribution to social work practice.
Dr. Marlene Cooper is Associate Professor at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, where she is currently co-chair of the curriculum committee and form chair of the clinical area. She has a private practice for children and families in East Brunswick,NJ. Dr. Cooper has written numerous articles and book chapters on clinical issues and has presented her work locally, nationally and internationally. She and Dr.Lesser shared research projects inJ amaica West Indies and Guanzhou China, where Dr. Cooper also presented on suicide risk assessment. Dr. Cooper will be teaching in Beijing China this summer at China Youth University, as part of a collaboration with Fordham university. She was an invited member at Sun Yat Sen University task force on migrant health policy. Dr. Cooper is former President of NASWNJ and an active committee member.
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