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Conceptions, Norms, and Values in the Work of Child Protective Services with Families at Risk: An Analysis of Social Workers’ Diaries
Since the conceptions, norms, and values that govern the work of child protection are elusive, they are rarely discussed in the research. This study...
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Children’s Sense of Belonging in the Context of Post-separation Parental Stalking: Finnish Children’s Experiences of their Family Relations
Drawing from previous research on domestic violence and stalking, this study addresses children’s experiences of their family relations in...
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Affective Processes of Joint Meaning-Making in Couple Therapy
In this chapter, we explore the processes through which the joint reconstruction of the problem takes place in couple therapy. The joint creation of...
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Individualizing and Socializing the Mental Health Monoculture
This chapter takes a critical sociological perspective regarding mental health as a potentially dominant discourse for understanding and addressing...
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Medicating and Technologizing Our Diagnosable Lives
This chapter examines the role that pharmaceutical research, marketing, and medicationMedication intake has come to play in a mental...
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Constructing the Moral Order of a Relationship in Couples Therapy
Although couples therapy is rightly seen as one modality of the psychotherapies, many salient aspects of the process are not revealed by...
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Negotiating Post-Consultation ‘Homework’ Tasks Between Counselors and Clients
Counselors frequently conclude consultations with clients with suggestions or prescriptions for clients to follow up on, post-consultation. In this...
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Finding Our Way Home: Poetry Therapy in a Supportive Single Room Occupancy Residence
This paper discusses a poetry therapy group held at a supportive single room occupancy residence (SRO) in East Harlem, New York City. The SRO houses...
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The Power of Mindsets
As we have done throughout the book, we organize the final chapter around the individual, the program, and the system. Our primary purpose in the...
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Ethical dilemmas in context: Some preliminary questions
I have tried to build on O'Neill's thought-provoking paper by examining two influences that shape and define ethical dilemmas in the community: our...