The Language of Empowerment and Strengths in Clinical Social Work: A Constructivist Perspective

Volume: 86, Issue: 2, Pages: 267 - 277
Published: Apr 1, 2005
Abstract
Enhancing client empowerment is a major concern of clinical social workers. Empowerment is a process and an outcome. There are numerous interventions that enhance client empowerment, and among them is focusing on client strengths. Both the strengths-based and empowerment-based approaches emphasize the importance of skillfully using language in dialoguing with clients; however, there is little specificity in either of these 2 approaches on how to...
Paper Details
Title
The Language of Empowerment and Strengths in Clinical Social Work: A Constructivist Perspective
Published Date
Apr 1, 2005
Volume
86
Issue
2
Pages
267 - 277
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