Strategies for Work With Involuntary Clients - Couverture souple

Rooney, Ronald H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0231067690 ISBN 13 : 9780231067690

Editeur : Columbia University Press, 1992

Synopsis

Many practitioners encounter involuntary clients who are legally mandated to find counselling, such as juvenile offenders on probation, or who, as in the case of an alcoholic threatened by family desertion, are pressured to "seek help". The end result is often considerable resistance and reluctance. Social work and other helping professions have tended to ignore or overlook this problem, and professional training assumes that most clients are self-selected and voluntary. Ronald Rooney's guide offers the first comprehensive and practical methodology for work with involuntary clients. Presenting socialization and contracting techniques similar to those used in task-centered social work, Rooney seeks to enable the practitioner to lead the involuntary client to a more voluntary and co-operative relationship. He also addresses the problems of the "involuntary practitioner" and gives advice on how to avoid blaming clients and "burning out".

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Columbia University Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0231067690
• ISBN 13: 9780231067690
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 405
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible