Spiritual Assessment in Social Work and Mental Health Practice

Spiritual Assessment in Social Work and Mental Health Practice

  • Auteur: Hodge, David
  • Éditeur: Columbia University Press
  • ISBN: 9780231163965
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780231538817
  • Lieu de publication:  New York , United States
  • Année de publication électronique: 2015
  • Mois : Janvier
  • Langue: Anglais
Spirituality often plays a critical role in health and wellness, yet few have explored in detail the process through which practitioners can identify and use clients' spiritual strengths to their mutual advantage. To address this gap, this practice-oriented text equips helping professionals with the tools they need to administer spiritual assessments ethically and professionally. David R. Hodge outlines a number of assessment approaches, including an implicit method for evaluating "secular" forms of spirituality. Case examples illustrate the implementation of these strategies in different clinical settings and with groups from diverse racial, geographic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
  • Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Understanding Spirituality and Religion
  • 2. Rationales for Conducting a Spiritual Assessment
  • 3. Brief Assessment
  • 4. Guidelines for Moving to a Comprehensive Spiritual Assessment
  • 5. Comprehensive Assessment and Spiritual Histories
  • 6. Spiritual Lifemaps
  • 7. Spiritual Genograms
  • 8. Spiritual Eco-maps
  • 9. Spiritual Ecograms
  • 10. Implicit Spiritual Assessment
  • 11. Conducting Spiritual Assessments
  • 12. Summary of Key Points and Future Directions
  • References
  • Index

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