Social Work in the Age of Disconnection - Narrative Case Studies

List of contents

1.Are you ‘Following’ Me?: Gen Z’s Emotional Intelligence in Online Activism 2.On the Online Self as an Extension of Personhood 3."Hi, I Can Hear You:" Facilitating Telephone-Based Caregiver Support Groups 4.Identity, Technology, and the Shaping of a Self 5.Connection and Separation Reconsidered: Challenges and Opportunities in the New World of Digital Communication 6. The Disembodied Self and The Future of Psychotherapy 7.The Role of Technology in Community Mental Health: A Strengths-Based Approach 8. Addressing Social Injustice in Social Work Practice: The Clinical Advocacy Model 9. Our Illusion of Separateness: Teaching Social Justice to Social Work Students

About the author

Michael Jarrette-Kenny DSW, LCSW is a Psychotherapist and adjunct faculty member at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center’s Psychiatric Residency Program.
Miriam Jaffe, is an Associate Teaching Professor at Rutgers University, where she teaches writing. This is her fifth edited collection of case studies in Social Work.

Summary

This edited text brings together the stories of nine clinical social workers working during COVID-19, exploring the disconnections caused by a forced use of technology as well as the disconnections apparent in a time of social injustice.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Jaffe Jarrette-Kenny
• Assisted by: Miriam Jaffe (Editor), Michael Jarrette-Kenny (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.05.2022
• EAN: 9781032218304
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3221830-4
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Counseling, Psychotherapy, Health & personal development, Social Work, Health, Relationships and Personal development