Foundations of Interpersonal Practice in Social Work

Associate Professor Emeritus Brett Seabury has a primary interest in interpersonal practice and has practiced social work in mental health and child welfare settings, as well as in the U.S. Army. His current research and teaching interests are social work education, time-limited practice, using metaphors in social work practice, and indigenous (alternative) healing systems. His most current interests involve the use of information technology in the classroom, and the use of the Internet to deliver interactive video simulations designed to teach social work practice skills. Another area of research/scholarly interest is mental health. He retired in June 2009. Charles Garvin holds his master′s and doctoral degrees from the School of Social Service Administration of the University of Chicago. He was a practitioner in social work and group work for a dozen years after his master′s degree before he studied for his PhD. He graduated from a program of the Chicago Institute of Psychoanalysis that trained child therapists. He has been on the faculty of the University of Michigan School of Social work 1965-2002 and is now Professor Emeritus of Social Work, He is the author or co-author of many books such as Contemporary Group Work, Interpersonal Practice in Social Work, Social Work in Contemporary Society, Group Work Research, and Social Work and Social Justice. He was the first chair of the now called International Association of Social Work with Groups after it became a membership organization. He is a past chair of the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work. He has written over 50 articles and book chapters on social work, research, and group work, He is the co-editor of two editions of the Handbook of Social Work with Groups.

• PrefaceAcknowledgments1. Interpersonal Practice in Social Work: Nature and ScopeDefinition of Social WorkInterpersonal PracticeUse of Ecological ConceptsThe Scope of PracticeThe Bases of Interpersonal PracticeSummary2. Basic Assumptions and ConceptsRationaleUnderlying AssumptionsMetaphorsBasic Concepts: Client, Worker; Target, and Action SystemsSummary3. Values, Ideology, and Ethics of Professional Social WorkThe Ideology of the Social Work ProfessionThe Social Work Code of EthicsValue Conflicts in PracticePractice Cases With Ethical IssuesSummary4. Interpersonal Practice Beyond Diversity and Toward Social Justice: The Importance of Critical Consciousness by Beth Clover Reed, Peter A. Newman, Zulema E. Suarez, and Edith A. LewisWhat is Critical Consciousness?Mayor Dimensions of Multiculturalism and Some TerminologyKey Social Group Categories and Related TerminologyHow Do Multiple Identities Work?Routes to Critical Consciousness and Multicultural CompetenceThe Application of Critical Consciousness to PracticeSummary5. Violence and TraumaRecognition of Violence and TraumaTypes of TraumaAssessment of TraumaConsequences of Trauma: Symptoms of Psychological and Emotional InjuryTreatment OptionsRisk Screening ProtocolsSummary6. Engagement and RelationshipDefinition of the Social Work RelationshipPower Dimensions in Professional RelationshipsStages of the Professional RelationshipTransactional Nature of the Professional RelationshipWhy Is Relationship So Important?Conscious Use of SelfImportance of HopeThe Initiation of RelationshipsRelationships in Group SituationsRelationships in Family SituationsSummary7. Becoming a ClientDefinition of a ClientOverview of the Clienthood ProcessPathways to ClienthoodThe Entry ProcessThe Worker′s Tasks With ApplicantsTasks With Nonclients"Significant Others" in the Client′s LifeDefining the Client in a Multiperson Client SystemAgency Conditions and Definitions of ClientContinuance and DiscontinuanceOrientation to the Client RoleThe Initiation of Problem SolvingThe Preliminary ContractSummary8. ContractingComponents of a Social Work ContractCharacteristics of a Social Work ContractValue of the Contract ApproachLimits of ContractingContracting With Families and GroupsSummary9. Monitoring and Evaluating ChangeMonitoringEvaluationSide EffectsSummary10. Assessing IndividualsPurposes of AssessmentsIssues in Use of SourcesIndividual Assessment FrameworkStress AssessmentCrisis AssessmentAssessment as a "Label"PIE - The Person-in-Environment SystemSummary11. Individual ChangeThe Context of Interpersonal ChangeInterventive RolesOvercoming BarriersCrisis InterventionRole SolutionsSummary12. Assessing FamiliesWhat Is a Family?Measurement of System VariablesFamily AssessmentThe Process of Family AssessmentObtaining Family Assessment DataCategorizing Family CircumstancesWays of Portraying Family ConditionsSummary13. Family ChangeOccasions for Family InterventionsPrior to the First Family SessionThe Initial SessionsThe Family Change StagePhase of the Family Life CycleEndingsSummary14. Assessing GroupsTypes of GroupsTherapeutic/Effectiveness VariablesGroup DevelopmentAssessing Group DynamicsSummary15. Group ChangeWorking With Elders in a Support GroupFirst Group SessionSecond Group SessionThe First Session of a Closed GroupLeadership InterventionsInterpersonal Conflict in GroupsConclusionSummary16. Assessing Organizations and CommunitiesOrganizational AssessmentCommunity AssessmentSummary17. Change in Organizations and CommunitiesEthics of Organizational and Community ChangeTheories of Organizational ChangeCommunity ChangeSummary18. TerminationThe Tasks of TerminationTermination Issues in Group WorkTermination Issues With FamiliesWorker TerminationProblematic TerminationsSummaryBibliographyIndexAbout the Authors