Social treatment; an approach to interpersonal helping / James K. Whittaker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whittaker, James K.

Series:

Modern applications of social work

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Physical Description:

viii, 270 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Aldine Pub. Co., [1974]

Summary:

This book has two principal purposes: to provide an introduction to interpersonal helping in the context of social work practice, and to develop a conceptual framework for interpersonal helping-called social treatment-that will enable the social worker and members of other helping professions effectively to use all the various methods and strategies currently practiced. The book offers an orderly and systematic way of proceeding through a complex and often confused area of practice; in it, large issues-such as remediation versus prevention-are explored, along with concrete suggestions for intervention with individuals, families, and small groups.

Theoretical systems are considered not merely for the techniques they suggest but also for the values and views of man inherent in them. The helping process itself is analyzed from the point of view of the consumer as well as the worker.

Beginning with a discussion of the concept of remediation within the context of the larger contemporary issues of social reform and environmental protection, Whittaker proceeds to consider several critical issues in present social work practice, such as client advocacy, service delivery systems, and professionalization. Subsequent chapters discuss the multiple roles that social work practitioners perform, major theoretical bases of social treatment, treatment sequence from intake to aftercare, and the full range of helping activities that practitioners undertake indirectly on behalf of their clients. The final chapter explores current trends and future directions in social treatment.

This book will be invaluable to beginning students and advanced practitioners in social work and in all the other professional and paraprofessional fields engaged in providing human services.

Contents:

1 Dilemmas of the Helping Person in an Age of Ecological and Social Crisis 5

Areas of Potential Conflict 7

Remediation vs. Prevention 7

Value Questions 10

Working within the System 14

Targets for Change 17

Professional Role Definitions 19

2 Issues in Social Treatment 23

Client Advocacy 24

Definition and Delivery of Helping Services 29

Professionalization 33

Competing Technologies of Interpersonal Helping 38

3 Social Treatment: An Introduction 43

Social Work Practice: A Total View 43

Interpersonal Helping in Social Work 46

Social Treatment 48

Definition of Social Treatment 49

Professional Helping 54

Worker Roles 56

4 Theoretical Bases of Social Treatment 62

Psychoanalytic Theory 65

Social Learning Theory 74

Social Systems Theory 89

Humanistic-Existential Approaches 96

5 The Social Treatment Sequence I: Direct Help-in the Beginning, Intermediate, and Ending Phases 110

Phases of the Social Treatment Sequence 111

Intake 114

Assessment and Social Diagnosis 119

Determination of Change Goals 131

Selection of Social Treatment Plan 136

Establishment of Working Agreement 141

Sustaining Social Treatment 145

Evaluation 151

Termination and Aftercare 154

6 The Social Treatment Sequence II: Indirect Intervention on Behalf of Clients 166

Bases of Power 168

Locus and Focus of Intervention 169

Indirect Helping Roles 172

7 The Future for Social Treatment 182

Past Influences 185

Present Influences 189

Future Directions 192

Appendix Differential Approaches to Social Treatment 200

Choosing a Method of Social Treatment 201

Methods of Social Treatment 204

Activity Group Therapy 204

Behavior Therapy 206

Conjoint Family Treatment 209

Crisis Intervention 211

Existential Psychotherapy 214

Gestalt Therapy 215

Group Counseling 216

Guided Group Interaction 218

Milieu Treatment 221

Parental Education 223

Play Therapy 225

Psychoanalysis 227

Psychodrama 229

Psychotherapy: Individual 231

Psychotherapy: Group 233

Reality Therapy 235

Self-Help Groups 237

Social Casework 239

Social Group Work 242

T-Groups and Encounter Groups 244

Transactional Analysis 247.

Notes:

Bibliography: pages 249-257.

ISBN:

0202360113

OCLC:

858084