Short-Term Treatment and Social Work Practice: An Integrative Perspective

by Eda G. Goldstein and DSW Maryellen Noonan

Book Overview

The growing need for time-limited treatment, propelled by the widening influence of managed care in the mental health field, has produced a renewed focus on short-term therapy. But, until now, there... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684844540
• ISBN13: 9780684844541
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

the love hulk comes through again

Scale-denting Eda has written another classic, this time integrating diversity with short-term treatment. Buy it, sit with a box of donuts, and enjoy.

A wonderful book that fills a major gap in the field

Drs. Eda Goldtein and Maryellen Noonan are to be congratulated for their extremely helpful book on short-term treatment that applies psychodynamic and psychosocial theories and treatment principles to brief treatment. This is the first social work text that presents an integrative perspective to short-term work that is highly applicable to clients who come for social work services in agency and private practice. The book is user friendly and contains clear guidelines for short-term work and numerous rich case examples. This book is excellent for students and trainees, beginning workers, and for those who are seeking a clearer understanding of short-term treatment with a broad range of clients. The authors have not only given general principles an techniques but have applied these to work with special populations and to family and group modalities. Professors of social work practice will find this book especially helpful. The authors draw on their vast clinical, supervisory, and teaching experience and have given us a book that fills a gap in the field.