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Social Work With Families: Content and Process


Author(s): Constable, Robert; Lee, Daniel B.
ISBN10:  0925065773
ISBN13:  9780925065773
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Pub. Date:  1/1/2004
Publisher(s): Lyceum Books

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Table of Contents
About the Authors vi
Preface xv
References xviii
CHAPTER 1 A Theoretical Framework for Social Work with Families 1(29)
Social Work and Families
1(4)
Relational Justice
2(1)
The Transcultural Perspective
3(1)
The Scope of Social Work
3(1)
Families and Social Institutions
4(1)
Content and Process: Toward an Organizing Framework
5(3)
A Brief History of Social Work with Families
5(1)
Determining Units of Attention Within the Situation
6(2)
The Practice of Social Work with Families
8(1)
The Languages of Theory in Family Intervention
9(3)
Persons, Relationships, and Commitments
11(1)
Power, Dominance, and Autonomy
12(1)
The Relational Person: The Demands and Dilemmas of Family Membership
12(3)
The Family Therapy Movement
15(2)
A Social Work Frame of Reference for Working with Families
17(8)
Family Intervention
18(3)
Ethical Practice Principles
21(1)
Diverse Family Situations
21(1)
Family Resilience
22(3)
References
25(5)
CHAPTER 2 The Family Life Cycle and Relational Tasks 30(38)
Relational Processes in Families
30(1)
The Person
31(4)
The "I" and the "me"
32(2)
Case Study 2.1 (Gloria)
33(1)
The Self Is Spiritual
34(1)
Empathy
34(1)
The Self Is Relational
34(1)
The Internal Family System
35(1)
Relational Tasks
35(3)
Attachment Theory
38(4)
Adult Attachment
39(1)
Reworking Attachments
40(2)
Case Study 2.2 [Marisa Antonelli]
40(2)
Relational Tasks at Family Life-Cycle Stages
42(3)
Personal Tasks
42(3)
Case Study 2.3 [Sarah & Phil]
44(1)
Family Resilience
45(1)
Stages of Family Development
45(5)
Relational Architecture: Transitions to Personal Communication
46(2)
Case Study 2.4 [Miguel & Juana]
47(1)
A Well-Differentiated Family
48(1)
Personal Components of Process and Structure
49(1)
Differentiation from and Reengagement with the Family of Origin
50(2)
Family-of-Origin Work
51(1)
Getting Married
51(1)
Does Love Conquer All?
52(3)
Case Study 2.5 [Brian & Lisa]
53(2)
The Systems Perspective Applied to Persons in Families
55(2)
Language and Communication: The Newly Married Couple
57(5)
Developing Language and Communication
59(1)
Case Study 2.6 [Jim & Cheryl]
59(1)
Additional Circumstances: Stress and Relational Tasks
60(2)
Assessment
62(1)
Summary
63(1)
References
64(4)
CHAPTER 3 Family Interaction and Family Intervention 68(28)
The Birth of Family Structures: Perceptions and Interaction
68(1)
General Concepts about Social Interaction
69(1)
Social Process
69(1)
The Active, Constructive Self
69(1)
Behavioral Research on Couples' Relationships
70(1)
Communication Processes and Social Interaction
71(6)
Case Study 3.1 [Mark & Leslie]
71(2)
John Gottman's "Four Horsemen"
73(1)
Criticism
74(1)
Defensiveness
74(1)
Contempt
74(1)
Stonewalling
75(1)
Communication: Repair Patterns and Change
76(1)
Social Interaction
77(1)
Bonding Processes and Vulnerability
77(4)
Status Bonds
78(1)
Task Bonds
78(1)
Response Bonds
79(1)
Identity Bonds
79(1)
Breakdown of Identity Bonds
80(1)
Cross-Generational Coalitions
81(1)
The Process of Role Development
81(2)
Family Structure and Communication
83(1)
Socialization: The Acquisition of a Framework of Meanings
84(1)
The Structural Perspective in Family Therapy
85(4)
Boundaries
86(1)
Alignment
86(1)
Power
87(1)
System Rules
87(1)
Self-reinforcing Patterns
88(1)
Relational Change Through Interaction and Communication
89(3)
Case Study 3.2 [Armand & Rosalind]
90(2)
Levels of Family Functioning and Approaches to Family Therapy
92(1)
Summary
93(1)
References
93(3)
CHAPTER 4 Assessment and Intervention with Families in a Multicultural World 96(33)
The Importance of Culture
96(1)
Case Study 4.1 [Hmong family]
96(1)
Case Study 4.2 [Samoan family]
97(1)
Rivers Flowing into the Sea
97(1)
Functional Family Assessment
97(4)
Multicultural Perspectives
101(3)
A Transcultural Perspective
104(10)
Working from a Transcultural Perspective
105(2)
Case Study 4.3 [Catherine & Dwain, African American couple]
105(1)
Case Study 4.4 [Chinese immigrant family]
106(1)
Transcultural Assessment
107(1)
Transcultural Intervention
107(2)
Working with Families with Children
109(3)
Case Study 4.5 [Myong Hong]
110(1)
Case Study 4.6 [Jack & Jung]
111(1)
Five Further Practice Principles
112(2)
Transcultural Assessment and Intervention: The J. Family
114(11)
Case Study 4.7 [the J. Family]
115(1)
Genogram Assessment
116(2)
Ecomap Assessment
118(1)
The Intervention Phase
119(1)
Goal Setting and Intervention Strategies
120(1)
The Use of Metaphors and Culturally Congruent Approaches
121(1)
Home Visits
122(1)
Between-session Activities
123(2)
Linkage to Cultural and Spiritual Resources
125(1)
The Ending Phase
125(2)
What Brought about Change in the J. Family?
126(1)
Summary
127(1)
References
127(2)
CHAPTER 5 Beginning Phases with Couples: Process and Theory 129(18)
The Newly Married Couple
129(5)
Love and Fidelity: The Construction of a Secure Relational Base
131(1)
Object Relations
132(1)
Personal Tasks and Couple Tasks
133(2)
Case Study 5.1 [Jerry & Kathy]
133(1)
Case Study 5.2 [Bill & Jane]
134(1)
A Couple with Family of Origin and Communication Issues
134(1)
Case Study 5.3 [Rafael and Angie Vega]
135(1)
Relational Tasks
135(2)
Personal Tasks
135(1)
Couple Tasks
136(1)
Beginning with Couples
137(6)
Case Study 5.4 [Sherry & Bill]
138(1)
The Very Beginning
139(2)
What the Worker Does: Skills
141(2)
Problems in Developing Commitment
143(3)
Case Study 5.5 [John & Eileen]
143(1)
Case Study 5.6 [Sheldon & Sandy]
144(2)
Summary
146(1)
References
146(1)
CHAPTER 6 Middle Phases with Couples 147(25)
Middle-Stage Couples Work
147(1)
Development of the Couple Problem Solving and Relational Capacities
147(4)
Intimacy, Boundaries, and Communication Processes
148(1)
Communication, Empathic Accuracy and Relational Reconstruction
149(2)
Case Study 6.1 [Nicholas & Johanna]
149(2)
Middle-Stage Skills: The Work Phase
151(13)
The Use of Tasks and Assignments
152(2)
Middle-Stage Work
154(1)
A Couple Decides to Accommodate Their Baby with Down's Syndrome
155(2)
Case Study 6.2 [Rita & Joav Green]
155(2)
Decision-Making Processes and the Family
157(1)
Personal Tasks: Joseph and Paula
158(2)
Case Study 6.3 [Joseph & Paula]
158(2)
Boundaries Protecting Personal Work
160(1)
Case Study 6.4 [Edward & Joyce]
161(1)
Reconstruction: Societal Narratives and Couple Narratives
161(11)
Case Study 6.5 [Bonnie & Andy]
162(2)
The Post-Parental Stage
164(3)
Case Study 6.6 [Ashford & Louise Caldwell]
165(2)
The Needs of Families, the Social Worker as a Person, and the Helping Process
167(2)
Summary
169(1)
References
169(3)
CHAPTER 7 Beginnings and Middle Phases with Families of Two or More Generations 172(26)
Elaborated Families
172(2)
Families Comprised of Parent(s) and Children
172(1)
Families Where Parents are Divorcing; Families Blending Through Remarriage
173(1)
Underorganized Families
173(1)
Couples in Elaborated Families
173(1)
Beginning with Elaborated Families
174(9)
The Skills of Beginning
175(1)
Respecting Hierarchies
176(1)
Safety
176(1)
One-Step or Two-Step Beginnings
176(1)
Beginning with One Parent
177(1)
Case Study 7.1 [Joan & kids]
177(1)
A One-Step Beginning with a Coude
177(3)
Case Study 7.2 [Kim family: Mrs. Bernice, Dr. Peter, son Justin]
178(2)
Case Study 7.3 [Dave & Becky & 4 boys]
180(1)
A Two-Step Beginning
180(3)
Case Study 7.4 [Renata & Mario Antonelli & daughter Marisa]
180(3)
Middle-Stage Work with Elaborated Families
183(8)
The Family with School Age Children
183(2)
Case Study 7.5 [Larry & Jennifer Peterson & oldest son Jerry]
183(2)
Three-Step Processes
185(1)
The Family with Adolescents
186(2)
Case Study 7.6 [George, Marian, son Sean]
186(2)
A Three-Step Process: The Maxwell Family
188(3)
Case Study 7.7 [Maxwell family: John & Mary; Leon; Stephen & Mike]
188(3)
Family Tasks and Structure in Early Adulthood
191(5)
The Ambach Family
191(1)
Case Study 7.8 [The Ambach Family]
191(1)
The O'Conner Family: Breakdown in Later Adulthood
192(6)
Case Study 7.9 [The O'Conner Family]
192(4)
Summary
196(1)
References
197(1)
CHAPTER 8 Radical Family Reconstruction: Toward Middle-Stage Work 198(20)
Family Reconstruction
198(10)
Membership Losses and Transitions
200(1)
Case Study 8.1 [Tom Fields, loss of Meg]
201(1)
Family Processes of Divorce
201(4)
Realignment of Relational Architecture
205(1)
Case Study 8.2 [Edna Friedman & daughter Renee]
206(1)
Blended Families
206(12)
Case Study 8.3 [Rich & Maria]
207(1)
The Underorganized Family
208(1)
The Hannon Family
209(1)
Case Study 8.4 [Hannon family]
209(7)
Summary
216(1)
References
216(2)
CHAPTER 9 Working Between Families and Outside Social Institutions: Schools, Courts, and Health Care 218(33)
Families and Outside Social Institutions
218(2)
Social Work with Vulnerable Persons in Families
219(1)
Social Work in Social Institutions: Health and Education
219(1)
Religion as a Social Institution
220(1)
Social Work Fields of Practice
220(2)
Underorganized Families
222(1)
Ecomaps
222(1)
Working Between Institutional and Family Systems
222(22)
Social Work in Schools
222(6)
Case Study 9.1 [Alan]
226(2)
Social Work in the Judicial System
228(1)
Social Work in Child Welfare
229(1)
Family Preservation
229(4)
Case Study 9.2 [Clark family]
230(3)
Substitute Care Arrangements
233(1)
Case Study 9.3 [Alice & Michael, foster parents with kids]
233(1)
Social Work in Juvenile Corrections
234(3)
Case Study 9.4 [Billy Moorhead]
235(1)
Case Study 9.5 [Julio Chavez]
236(1)
Case Study 9.6 [Daniel & Kevin Pollack, Mrs. Rush]
236(1)
Social Work in Health Care
237(2)
Case Study 9.7 [Teresa Jimenez & family]
238(1)
Social Work in Mental Health
239(3)
Case Study 9.8 [Jack & Barbara, daughters Ann & Marie]
241(1)
Outpatient Work in Mental Health
242(9)
Case Study 9.9 [Charlotte Desjardins]
242(2)
Working Between Families and Community Resource Networks
244(3)
Case Study 9.10 [Danny]
245(1)
Case Study 9.11 [Doris]
246(1)
Case Study 9.12 [Michael]
247(1)
Summary
247(1)
References
248(3)
CHAPTER 10 Ending Processes with Families 251(14)
Social Workers and the Ending Process
251(7)
Case Study Revisited [Gloria]
252(1)
Indications for Ending
253(1)
Endings with Couples
253(1)
Case Studies Revisited [Brian & Lisa, Joseph & Paula,
253(1)
Ashford & Louise]
254(1)
Endings with Families
254(1)
Case Study 10.1 [Becky]
254(1)
[SCR] Case Study Revisited [J family]
255(1)
Difficult and Complex Endings
255(3)
Case Study 10.2 [Michael & Alyson]
255(2)
Case Study Revisited [Maxwell family]
257(1)
Endings and Transitions Involving Social Institutions
258(1)
Time as the Medium of the Helping Process: Institutional Time
258(1)
Incomplete or Premature Endings
259(1)
Case Study 10.3 [Roberta & Sam]
260(1)
Evaluation
260(1)
Conclusion and Implications
261(3)
References
264(1)
INdex 265

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