The Structural Approach to Direct Practice in Social Work

The Structural Approach to Direct Practice in Social Work
ISBN-10
0231055064
ISBN-13
9780231055062
Category
Social service
Pages
277
Language
English
Published
1989
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Authors
Gale Goldberg Wood, Ruth R. Middleman

Description

Structural social work assumes that clients are adequate people in untenable situations. The social worker must display active appreciation for the client's competence in telling about what does matter rather than what the practitioner thinks should matter.

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