"Carolyn Saari [advances] the practice literature with her admirable amalgamation of modern psychoanalytic schools of thought with research and theory bursting forth from increasingly sophisticated studies of cognitive and linguistic development, infancy research, and the field of communications...Saari's interesting book contains many compelling arguments and provocative ideas." -Social Work "An intellectual tour de force....This is a book that teaches....One could use it on the graduate level to teach clinical practice in this new way....Whether or not it is taught as a whole, it is an important book for clinical teachers to read for their own knowledge building." -Journal of Teaching in Social Work Reflecting the trend of constructivist thinking across the sciences, this volume provides a framework for integrating newer ideas with the traditional practice of clinical social work. Its underlying assumptions are that construction of a mutual meaning system between therapist and client is essential for treatment, and that identity complexity is essential to healthy adaptation. Relating to former notions of process and content in treatment, this volume by Carolyn Saari illuminates these concepts. Table of Contents I. MEANING AND CAUSATION IN CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK THEORY 1. Introduction 2. The Interpersonal and the Intrapsychic 3. Identity and the Self 4. Culture as a Shared Meaning System II. THE PROCESSES OF THE SELF 5. Internalization 6. Regulation 7. Diagnostic Patterns in the Self 8. Therapeutic Use of the Self III. THE CONTENT OF IDENTITY 9. Narrative as the Organizer 10. The Uses of History 11. Constructing a Concordance IV. CONCLUSION 12. Relationship Revisited |