Narration and Therapeutic Action: The Construction of Meaning in Psychoanalytic Social Work Contributor(s): Brandell, Jerrold R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138994340 ISBN-13: 9781138994348 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $46.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychotherapy - General - Psychology | Mental Health |
Dewey: 616.891 |
Physical Information: 188 pages |
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Publisher Description: Narration and Therapeutic Action raises challenging questions about the limitations of science and of scientific inquiry for the practice of social work. In doing so, this innovative book calls upon clinical social workers, psychologists, and psychoanalysts to examine some of the most fundamental assumptions about the clinical process and what is "therapeutic" about it. Written by social work clinicians and theorists, the book explores the construction of meaning within the dual framework of psychoanalysis and clinical social work.Readers of Narration and Therapeutic Action will find the way in which clinical illustrations are used to articulate theoretical ideas especially useful. You will find chapters ranging from the highly abstract and theoretical to those that consider very specific dimensions of clinical process. As contributors examine various aspects of narrative theory and its relationship to psychoanalysis and clinical social work, they highlight such themes as:
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