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Reshaping Theory in Contemporary Social Work: Toward a Critical Pluralism in Clinical Practice

Edited by William Borden

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Paper, 304 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 4 line drawings, 3 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-14701-9
$45.00 / £31.00

October, 2009
Cloth, 304 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 4 line drawings, 3 tables
ISBN: 978-0-231-14700-2
$89.50 / £62.00

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One. Theory and Practice: Orienting Perspectives

1. Taking Multiplicity Seriously: Pluralism, by Pragmatism

William Borden

Part Two. Inner Experience and Outer Realities

2. Why Cognitive Therapy Needs Social Work

Sharon Berlin

3. The Cognitivization of Psychoanalysis: Toward an Integration of Psychodynamic and Cognitive Theories

Jerome C. Wakefield and Judith Baer

4. Social Work, by Psychobiography

James J. Clark

5. Place Matters: Toward a Rejuvenated Theory of Environment for Direct Social Work Practice

Susan P. Kemp

6. Integrating Developmental Theory and Systemic Perspectives: A Family Resilience Framework for Clinical Practice

Froma Walsh

Part Three. Theory by Practice

7. Love and Justice: A Silenced Language of Integrated Practice?

Janet Finn

8. The Role of Theory in Conducting Evidence-Based Clinical Practice

Stanley McCracken and Tina Rzepnicki

9. Practice Theory: Ideas Embedded in a Wise Person's Professional Process

Malcolm Payne

List of Contributors

Index

Related Subjects


About the Author

William Borden is senior lecturer in the School of Social Service Administration and lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Chicago.

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