Key Benefits: This book joins the strengths approach with an overview of social work practice with an oppressed population. A strengths approach provides a skills framework that can be used with any vulnerable or oppressed group. The book speaks directly to the reader through illustrations and boxes written by undergraduate students, as well as a wealth of case examples provided by experienced family counselors. Key Benefits: The text includes an entire chapter on sexuality (Ch. 6), two chapters on health care with the gay, lesbian, and bisexual population (Chs. 9 and 10), and sections on homophobia and prejudice (Ch. 2). The strengths approach provides a skills framework that relates to direct practice with all vulnerable people; the text also incorporates diverse racial, as well as sexual, perspectives. Market: For any level of social work practice.

Table Of Content: Most chapters include Introduction, Conclusion, and Definition of Terms. Preface. I.THE CULTURAL CONTEXT. 1.Social Work Mission and Policies. Mass Media Images. Demographic Facts. The Political Context. Models of Homosexuality. Nature versus Nurture. Interaction Theory. Other Psychosocial Theories. The Strengths Perspective. Social Work's Mission. 2.The Heterosexist Society. Cultural Context. Homophobia and Heterosexism. Roots of Homophobia and Heterosexism. All in the Family. Biphobia. Hate Crimes Worldwide. Sexism and Homophobia. Racism and Anti-Semitism. Religious Fundamentalism. Internalized Homophobia. Prison World. Implications for Social Work. 3.Strengths of Gay/Lesbian Culture. Gay/Lesbian Culture. Television Portrayals. Poetry as Healing. Music. Recommendations from Film and Literature. II.ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN. 4.Growing up Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual. Identity Formation. Living in a Heterosexist and Homophobic Culture. Sexuality Education. Feeling Different. To Come Out or to Try to Be Invisible. Minority Adolescents. The Role of the Social Worker. 5.Sexuality and Homosexuality. The Language of Sexuality. The Effects of Erotophobia. Discrimination under the Sodomy Laws and the Defense of Marriage Act. Etiology of Sexual Orientation. Sex Role Incongruity. Research Findings. Establishing Sexual Orientation. Gay and Lesbian Children and Adolescents. Establishing Intimacy. Lesbians, Gay Men, and Bisexuals in Heterosexual Marriages. Affectional and Sexual Expression. Characteristics of Erotophobes. Similarities in Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Sexuality. Differences in Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Sexuality. Safer-Sex Decision Making. 6.Gays and Lesbians in the Workplace. Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals in the Workplace. Employment Issues. Employer Response. Roles for Social Workers and School Guidance Counselors. 7.Aging Gays and Lesbians. Lesbians and Aging. Gay Men and Aging. Living Arrangements. Social and Psychological Adjustment. Variations between Gays and Lesbians. Long-Term Care for Older Gay Men and Lesbians. III.SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH LESBIANS, GAYS, AND BISEXUALS. 8.Counseling with Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Clients. Self-Identification. Conversion or Ex-Gay Therapy. Stages of Coming Out. Social Worker's Role in the Coming Out Process. Sex Therapy. The Pursuit of Happiness. Counselor Self-Awareness. Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Therapists. 9.Social Work with Lesbians in Health Care Settings. General Health Concerns. AIDS. Youths and Suicide. Physical Victimization. Battered Lesbians. Substance Abuse. Lesbians Who Are Disabled. Social Work Roles. 10.Social Work with Gay Males in Health Care Settings. Gay Men and AIDS. Social Work Practice. Health Care Provision. Contextualizing Risk Factors. Social Dimension of Healing. Me

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Paperback: 184 pages -- Publisher: Pearson; 1 edition (June 21, 1999) -- Language: English -- ISBN-10: 0205279317 -- ISBN-13: 978-0205279319

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Katherine van Wormer, MSSW, Ph.D., grew up in New Orleans, taught English in Northern Ireland and is Professor of Social Work at the University of Northern Iowa. She worked extensively in the field of substance abuse counseling in Washington State and Norway. Dr. van Wormer has authored or co-authored 16 books. Her most recent contributions are two volumes of Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Micro and Macro Levels (Oxford University Press), Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective (Cengage), Women and the Criminal Justice System (Prentice Hall), and Death by Domestic Violence: Preventing the Murders and the Murder-Suicides (Praeger) Working with Female Offenders: A Gender Sensitive Approach (Wiley), Restorative Justice Today (SAGE), Confronting Oppression, Restoring Justice (CSWE), and The Maid Narratives: Black Domestics and White Families in the Jim Crow South. See book photos of maids' book at The Maid Narratives Facebook.