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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. Book jacket.

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• Preface(p. 1)
• 1 Dilemmas of the Helping Person in an Age of Ecological and Social Crisis(p. 5)
• Areas of Potential Conflict(p. 7)
• Remediation vs. Prevention(p. 7)
• Value Questions(p. 10)
• Working within the System(p. 14)
• Targets for Change(p. 17)
• Professional Role Definitions(p. 19)
• Summary(p. 21)
• Additional Sources(p. 22)
• 2 Issues in Social Treatment(p. 23)
• Client Advocacy(p. 24)
• Definition and Delivery of Helping Services(p. 29)
• Professionalization(p. 33)
• Competing Technologies of Interpersonal Helping(p. 38)
• Summary(p. 41)
• Additional Sources(p. 42)
• 3 Social Treatment: An Introduction(p. 43)
• Social Work Practice: A Total View(p. 43)
• Interpersonal Helping in Social Work(p. 46)
• Social Treatment(p. 48)
• Definition of Social Treatment(p. 49)
• Professional Helping(p. 54)
• Worker Roles(p. 56)
• Summary(p. 60)
• Additional Sources(p. 61)
• 4 Theoretical Bases of Social Treatment(p. 62)
• Psychoanalytic Theory(p. 65)
• Social Learning Theory(p. 74)
• Social Systems Theory(p. 89)
• Humanistic-Existential Approaches(p. 96)
• Summary(p. 102)
• Additional Sources(p. 109)
• 5 The Social Treatment Sequence I: Direct Help-in the Beginning, Intermediate, and Ending Phases(p. 110)
• Phases of the Social Treatment Sequence(p. 111)
• Intake(p. 114)
• Assessment and Social Diagnosis(p. 119)
• Determination of Change Goals(p. 131)
• Selection of Social Treatment Plan(p. 136)
• Establishment of Working Agreement(p. 141)
• Sustaining Social Treatment(p. 145)
• Evaluation(p. 151)
• Termination and Aftercare(p. 154)
• Summary(p. 158)
• Additional Sources(p. 165)
• 6 The Social Treatment Sequence II: Indirect Intervention on Behalf of Clients(p. 166)
• Bases of Power(p. 168)
• Locus and Focus of Intervention(p. 169)
• Indirect Helping Roles(p. 172)
• Summary(p. 180)
• Additional Sources(p. 180)
• 7 The Future for Social Treatment(p. 182)
• Past Influences(p. 185)
• Present Influences(p. 189)
• Future Directions(p. 192)
• Additional Sources(p. 199)
• Appendix Differential Approaches to Social Treatment(p. 200)
• Choosing a Method of Social Treatment(p. 201)
• Methods of Social Treatment(p. 204)
• Activity Group Therapy(p. 204)
• Behavior Therapy(p. 206)
• Conjoint Family Treatment(p. 209)
• Crisis Intervention(p. 211)
• Existential Psychotherapy(p. 214)
• Gestalt Therapy(p. 215)
• Group Counseling(p. 216)
• Guided Group Interaction(p. 218)
• Milieu Treatment(p. 221)
• Parental Education(p. 223)
• Play Therapy(p. 225)
• Psychoanalysis(p. 227)
• Psychodrama(p. 229)
• Psychotherapy: Individual(p. 231)
• Psychotherapy: Group(p. 233)
• Reality Therapy(p. 235)
• Self-Help Groups(p. 237)
• Social Casework(p. 239)
• Social Group Work(p. 242)
• T-Groups and Encounter Groups(p. 244)
• Transactional Analysis(p. 247)
• References(p. 249)
• Name Index(p. 259)
• Subject Index(p. 266)

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James K. Whittaker is Charles O. Cressey Endowed Professor in the School of Social Work, University of Washington