Relational Social Work Practice with Diverse Populations: A Relational Approach

297 Pages·2014·2.427 MB·English

by  Judith B. Rosenberger Ph.D., LCSW (auth.), Judith B. Rosenberger (eds.)

Essential Clinical Social Work Series
Judith B. Rosenberger Editor
Relational
Social Work
Practice
with Diverse
Populations
Essential Clinical Social Work Series
Series Editor
Carol Tosone
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Judith B. Rosenberger
Editor
Relational Social Work
Practice with Diverse
Populations
Editor
Judith B. Rosenberger
Silberman School of Social Work
Hunter College
City University of New York
New York, NY , USA
Past President: Postgraduate Psychoanalytic Society
New York, NY, USA
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Acknowledgments
I would like to express my great thanks to Carol Tosone, Senior Series Editor, for her
encouragement and astute guidance in moving this book from idea to reality: her
vision of clinical social work is unparalleled, as is her tireless advocacy of social
work’s role in the helping professions. Joan Berzoff, a leading author in our fi eld,
embodied the social work principle of joining the practical and the relational by help-
ing me gather this exceptional group of writers and supporting me through the process
of integrating many voices. Clear and insightful editorial recommendations pulled me
out of many a quagmire, thanks to Susan Heath, Nancy Beckerman, and Cathy
Siebold. Sonia H. Martin, graduate research assistant, was responsive, pre- cise, tech-
nically gifted, and unfl aggingly cheerful – all much needed and appreci- ated contri-
butions. I also wish to thank my study group partners of over 30 years - Monica
Bernheim, Mary Beth Cresci, Andrew Karpf, Pauline Pinto, and Suzanne Zissu -
whose weekly inspirational, scholarly, and friendly support have kept vital my
clinical thinking, teaching and practice.
To all the chapter authors, I offer gratitude and appreciation for sharing their
scholarship and practice expertise. Their hard work and forbearance brought this
work through the long process of weaving together many perspectives. I thank them
for their demonstration of how our diversities can come together and make an
important contribution to all clinical social workers.
Lastly, and most importantly, I want to thank my family: I am very fortunate to
have had their confi dence and enthusiasm every step of the way.
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Contents
Part I Foundations of Relational Diversity Practice
Introduction ..................................................................................................... 3
Judith B. Rosenberger
Orientation to and Validation of Relational Diversity Practice .................. 13
Judith B. Rosenberger
Relational Therapy: Constructivist Principles
to Guide Diversity Practice ............................................................................ 31
Harriet Goodman
The Color of Whiteness and the Paradox of Diversity ................................ 55
Neil Altman
Relational Social Work and Religious Diversity .......................................... 67
Frederick J. Streets
Part II Racial and Ethnic Diversities
A Relational Approach to Clinical Practice
with African-American Clients ...................................................................... 81
Victoria R. Winbush
Relational Social Work Practice with Hispanic Clients............................... 95
Manny J. González
Relational Social Work Practice with Asian American Populations .......... 107
Monit Cheung and Carol A. Leung
Co-creating Culture Through Relationship with Individuals
of Asian Indian Origin .................................................................................... 125
Mohan Krishna Vinjamuri
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