Narrative Theory in Clinical Social Work Practice

✍ Scribed by John P. McTighe (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 194
• Series: Essential Clinical Social Work Series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This theory-to-practice guide offers mental health practitioners a powerful narrative-based approach to working with clients in clinical practice. It opens with a primer on contemporary narrative theory and offers a robust framework based on the art and techniques of listening for deeper, more meaningful understanding and intervention.
Chapters expand on these foundational concepts by applying them to a diverse range of populations and issues, among them race and ethnicity, human sexuality, immigration, and the experience of trauma, grief, and loss. The author’s engaging voice, thoughtful pedagogical style, and extensive use of examples and exercises also work together to inform the reader’s own narrative of growth and self-knowledge.
Included in the coverage:• Encountering the self, encountering the other: narratives of race and ethnicity.• Surviving together: individual and communal narratives in the wake of tragedy.• Spiritual stories: exploring ultimate meaning in social work practice.• Sexual stories: narratives of sexual identity, gender, and sexual development.• Leaving home, finding home: narrative practice with immigrant populations.• Moving on: narrative perspectives on grief and loss.
Narrative Theory in Clinical Social Work Practice is geared toward students as well as seasoned social workers, and professionals and practitioners in related clinical fields interested in informing their work with a narrative approach.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
Narrative Theory: An Introduction and Overview (John P. McTighe)....Pages 1-17
Encountering the Self, Encountering the Other: Narratives of Race and Ethnicity (John P. McTighe)....Pages 19-41
Surviving Together: Individual and Communal Narratives in the Wake of Tragedy (John P. McTighe)....Pages 43-65
Spiritual Stories: Exploring Ultimate Meaning in Social Work Practice (John P. McTighe)....Pages 67-84
Sexual Stories: Narratives of Sexual Identity, Gender, and Sexual Development (John P. McTighe)....Pages 85-112
Leaving Home, Finding Home: Narrative Practice with Immigrant Populations (John P. McTighe)....Pages 113-141
Moving on: Narrative Perspectives on Grief and Loss (John P. McTighe)....Pages 143-170
Who I Am and Who I Want to Be: Narrative and the Evolving Self of the Social Worker in Clinical Practice (John P. McTighe)....Pages 171-181
Back Matter ....Pages 183-186

✦ Subjects

Social Work