Human Rights-Based Approaches to Clinical Social Work

• Main Author: Berthold, S. Megan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Rights-Based Approaches to Social Work,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Human rights.; Social work.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Social Sciences.; Social Work.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Human Rights.

This groundbreaking Brief brings a rights-based perspective to social work as opposed to the charity- and needs-based formats traditional to the field. Core principles for effective practice are discussed in the context of global human rights advocacy, from addressing individuals' immediate iss...

Table of Contents:

• Rights-based vs. Conventional Needs-based Approaches to Clinical Social Work
• Rights-based Approach to Working with Torture Survivors
• Rights-based Clinical Practice with Survivors of Human Trafficking
• Intimate Partner Violence and a Rights-based Approach to Healing
• The Use of Self in Engaging in Rights-based Clinical Practice.