Modern Social Work Theory

accept achieve action activities advocacy agencies analysis anti-discriminatory anti-oppressive anti-oppressive practice approaches to social argues aspects assessment behaviour casework Chapter clients cognitive cognitive therapy cognitive-behavioural communication theory concerned conflict context create crisis intervention critical criticised cultural deal disabled ecological systems theory economic effective ego psychology emotional emphasise empowerment environment ethnic example existential experience explore family therapy feelings feminist focus focuses groupwork helping clients human humanist ideas identify ideology important individual influence interaction involves issues learning manage Marxist ment needs organisations particular patterns people's perspectives political position problems psychoanalysis psychodynamic theory radical social reinforcement relations relationships relevant residential respondent conditioning responses role theory seek situations skills social change social development social work practice social work theory social workers society structuralist systems theory task-centred techniques theoretical therapeutic therapy tion transactional analysis understanding welfare wider women