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Book SynopsisInvoluntary clients are individuals who are required to see a professional (such as juveniles on probation) or pressured to seek help (such as alcoholics threatened with the desertion of a spouse). This book presents an analysis of the involuntary transaction and suggests ways to act within it.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Part 1. A Foundation for Work with Involuntary Clients 1. Introduction to Involuntary Practice 2. Legal and Ethical Foundations for Work with Involuntary Clients 3. Effectiveness with Involuntary Clients 4. Influencing Behaviors and Attitudes 5. Assessing Initial Contacts in Involuntary Transactions Part 2. Practice Strategies for Work with Involuntary Clients 6. Initial Phase Work with Individual Involuntary Clients 7. Task-Centered Intervention with Involuntary Clients 8. Work with Involuntary Families 9. Work with Involuntary Groups Part 3. Practice Applications with Involuntary Problems and Settings Section A 10. Work with Substance Abusers, by James Barber 11. Bringing Up What They Don't Want to Talk About: Use of Brief Motivational Interviewing with Adolescents Regarding Health-Related Behaviors in Opportunistic and Other Settings, by Malinda Hohmann and Chris Kleinpeter 12. Work with Men in Domestic Abuse Treatment, by Mike Chovanec Section B 13. Involuntary Clients in Public Schools: Solution-focused Interventions, by Cynthia Franklin and Laura Hopson 14. Work with Involuntary Clients in Child Welfare Settings, by Julie Altman and Debra Gohagan Section C 15. Oppression and Involuntary Status, by Glenda Dewberry Rooney 16. Work with Involuntary Clients in Corrections, by Chris Trotter 17. Involuntary Clients and Work in the Era of Welfare Reform, by Tony Bibus Section D 18. Applying the Involuntary Perspective to Supervision, by Carol Jud and Tony Bibus 19. The Nonvoluntary Practitioner and the System Appendix References Contributors Index
