Social Class and the Helping Professions (eBook, PDF)

A Clinician's Guide to Navigating the Landscape of Class in America
Redaktion: Crawford Sturm, Deborah; Gibson, Donna M.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the intersection of social class and the helping professions, including examinations of the role of social class in American culture, classism, social class and mental health, and the American Dream. It will be a valuable tool for practitioners in a variety of mental health professions, providing a clearer understanding of social class as it relates to themselves and their clients. The first section contains an introduction to the global, historical, and sociological aspects of class and an in-depth look at urban and rural poverty, the middle class, and the upper class and economic privilege. The reader will find not only an examination of these social constructs, but also an opportunity to examine their own experience with social class. The next section brings the reader into the world of their clients in more specific ways, examining the role social class plays in mental health and mental health counseling, in the family structure and in counseling families, and in the experiences people have throughout the educational process and in schools. Finally, the last section of the book discusses specific techniques and models to use in the reader's clinical practice, including how to assess clients' experiences of class and classism and how these experiences have shaped their worldview and view of the self. Case studies throughout demonstrate fair and accurate diagnosis, assessment, and treatment.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 294
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136718427
• Artikelnr.: 38269157

Autorenporträt

Deborah Crawford Sturm, Donna M. Gibson

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. West-Olatunji
Gibson
A Global and Historical Introduction to Social Class. Staton
Evans
Lucey
Understanding Social Class in the US. Sifford
Pressley
Poverty (Urban and Rural). Sturm
Slaughter
Middle Class America. Furr
Briggs
Magnus
Understanding Wealth and Privilege. Part II. Spurgeon
The Intersection of Class and Race. Dollarhide
Chasing the American Dream: Class and Career Counseling. C. Sheperis
D. Sheperis
Social Class and Mental Health. Martin
McKeown
Sturm
Social Class and the Family. Biles
Mphande
Stroud
Social Class and the Schools: Beyond Ruby Payne. Part III. Abrams
Ceballos
Exploring Classism and Internalized Classism. Foss
Generali
The CARE Model for Working with People in Poverty. Rapsirada
Foss
The Role of Social Class in Assessment
Diagnosis
and Treatment Planning. Gibson
Jones
Advocacy Competency: The Helping Professional's Role in Addressing Issues of Social Class.