Theory & Practice in Clinical Social Work » (2nd Edition)

Jerrold R. Brandell, Ph.D., BCD, is a faculty member at Wayne State University School of Social Work, where he was named a distinguished professor in 2008. A former visiting professor of social work at The University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, New Zealand, he has also held appointments at the Boston University and Michigan State University Schools of Social Work. He has led workshops and lectured widely on clinical topics in this country as well as in France, Israel, New Zealand, and China. Dr. Brandell is a practicing psychoanalyst and social-worker psychotherapist, and completed his psychoanalytic training at Michigan Psychoanalytic Council. He obtained his doctorate at The University of Chicago, and his masters at The University of Wisconsin Madison. He is (founding) editor of the journal, Psychoanalytic Social Work, and has published numerous articles and book chapters, as well as eight books, among them Psychodynamic Social Work; Of Mice and Metaphors: Therapeutic Storytelling with Children; and Attachment and Dynamic Practice (as co-author). A former chairperson of the AAPCSW National Study Group, he was named a distinguished social work practitioner by the National Academies of Practice in 2001. He maintains a small private practice in psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy in Ann Arbor (Michigan) and is also actively involved in clinical supervision and consultation.

This thoroughly updated resource is the only comprehensive anthology addressing frameworks for treatment, therapeutic modalities, and specialized clinical issues, themes, and dilemmas encountered in clinical social work practice. Editor Jerrold R. Brandell and other leading figures in the field present carefully devised methods, models, and techniques for responding to the needs of an increasingly diverse clientele.

Key Features

• Coverage of the most commonly used theoretical frameworks and systems in social work practice
• Entirely new chapters devoted to clinical responses to terrorism and natural disasters, clinical case management, neurobiological theory, cross-cultural clinical practice, and research on clinical practice
• Completely revised chapters on psychopharmacology, dynamic approaches to brief and time-limited clinical social work, and clinical practice with gay men
• Content on the evidentiary base for clinical practice
• New, detailed clinical illustrations in many chapters offering valuable information about therapeutic process dimensions and the use of specialized methods and clinical techniques

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The password-protectedInstructor Teaching Site of the companion site includes a test bank, recommended readings, and relevant Internet websites. The open-access Student Study Site offers chapter summaries, keywords, recommended Web sites, and recommended readings.

The extensive breadth of coverage makes this book an essential source of information for students in advanced practice courses and practicing social workers alike.