ABSTRACT

This fully-integrated volume written by the leading experts in the field of social work presents a wide rage of therapeutic paradigms. Especially noteworthy is the common framework provided for all paradigms discusse, thus facilitating comparison and contrast between each approach. These paradigms include cognitive, brief-oriented, and psychosocial therapies, as well as Adlerian theory and radical behavorism.

part I|39 pages

History and Case

part II|231 pages

Paradigms

chapter 4|32 pages

Adlerian Theory and Therapy

chapter 5|17 pages

Psychosocial Therapy

chapter 8|17 pages

Cognitive Therapy

chapter 9|24 pages

Brief Task-Centered Treatment

chapter 10|33 pages

Family Therapy: A Structural Approach

part III|143 pages

Metaparadigms

chapter 12|20 pages

The Eco-Systems Perspective

chapter 13|22 pages

Existential Social Work

chapter 15|32 pages

Cybernetic Epistemology

chapter 17|3 pages

Epilogue