Bridges to Sobriety: Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Mobile App Designed to Supplement an Adolescent Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program
AbstractAdolescent substance use is a growing problem that causes a myriad of negative outcomes. Using substances during adolescence can lead to decreased executive functioning and is correlated with the top three causes of deaths for adolescents. Treatment options vary and the impact on outcomes are mixed, with engagement being of the most important indicators. Gaming is a popular activity among adolescents, and yet smartphone applications are relatively unexplored within substance use disorder treatment programs. This paper explores the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a mobile application as a supplement to...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - June 17, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Couple Impasses: Three Therapeutic Approaches
AbstractMany couples present to therapy feeling trapped in impasses that they do not understand and feel powerless to escape. The impasse causes great emotional distress and may threaten the couple ’s connection and commitment to each other. This paper is based on a presentation given at the 2018 annual SEPI conference and reflects the work of three experienced scholar-therapists who presented their approaches to working with couple impasses as the first step in exploring areas of overlap an d potential integration. Although each clinical approach developed independently, the emphasis on exploration of emotions and respe...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - June 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Intimate Partner Violence Perpetrator Treatment: Tailoring Interventions to Individual Needs
AbstractIntimate partner violence (IPV) remains a devastating public health issue in the United States. Given the high stakes of IPV, it is imperative that treatment provided to perpetrators be efficacious to prevent further victimization and not lull survivors into a false sense of security. Unfortunately, the historically dominant modalities of perpetrator treatment, group-based Duluth and cognitive-behavioral therapy, show small effectsat best in deterring re-assault. Because of this, new directions are needed. In this article, we report on a literature review that centered on IPV perpetrator treatment. Results suggest ...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - May 29, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Enlivening Psychodynamic Brief Therapy with Emotion-Focused Interventions: An Integrative Therapist ’s Approach
AbstractFocusing on affect and the expression of emotion has long been a key feature of psychodynamic psychotherapies. While psychodynamically-oriented therapists have always paid attention to the emotional life of their clients, they usually do not focus on accessing and processing emotions in the manner and to the degree that emotion-focused therapists do. By recognizing the power of emotion as a fundamental change mechanism, an increasing number of therapists who previously defined themselves a classically psychodynamic (e.g., fostering insight through interpretation) are now placing themselves in the “experiential ca...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - May 25, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
State of Clinical Social Work in South Africa
This article presents the only review of clinical social work in South Africa. It maps the history of the field, its current definition, training opportunities and registration (licensing) procedures. Drawing on a national survey of clinical social workers, the article describes the range of theories and practice modalities employed by clinical social workers, foregrounding the use of grief counselling, cognitive behavioral therapy, crisis intervention and psychodynamic therapy, and a predominance of individual work. Three case examples of clinical practice are advanced, related to a range of contemporary issues, including...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - May 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Introduction to Special Issue: Productive Aging
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Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - May 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Clinical Social Work in Ethiopia: A Field Study in Gondar
AbstractSocial work as currently practiced in Ethiopia does not commonly include mental health clinical interventions as traditionally practiced in the United States. Instead, the social work profession has had a sporadic presence throughout the years depending on government rule and the degree to which social problems have been relegated to community and volunteer systems. Today, social work in Ethiopia is heavily influenced by the rapid pace of technological change and economic development occurring in urban areas and to a limited extent in rural villages. Consequently, during the last fourteen years the number of univer...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - May 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Promoting the Integration of Psychodynamic and Emotion-Focused Psychotherapies Through Advances in Affective Science and Neuroscience
AbstractPsychodynamic psychotherapy (PDT) and emotion-focused therapy (EFT) have much in common and much to offer one another. Yet, their differing theoretical foundations create challenges when attempting to integrate the two. PDT is founded on concepts such as the dynamic unconscious, defenses, a developmental perspective and recurrent patterns including transference that are not included in EFT theory. By contrast, EFT is founded on basic affective science rather than clinical observations, a focus on experiencing affect fully rather than simply overcoming defenses and an emphasis on gestalt methods such as 2-chair work...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - May 6, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Restricting the Gendered Body: Understanding the Trans-masculine Adolescent with Anorexia
AbstractIn recent years, researchers discovered that transgender and gender expansive (TGE) individuals had elevated rates of eating disorders when compared with their cisgender peers. TGE clients experience an increased risk for developing eating disorders due to co-occurring gender dysphoria and trauma from gender minority stressors. An inspection of the literature reveals a gap when searching for the trans-masculine adolescent experience of eating disorder treatment, including nominal research targeting TGE clients with eating disorders and minimal exploration of treating these phenomena concurrently. Gender dysphoria c...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - April 28, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
An Integrative Conceptual Framework of Engagement in Socially-Productive Activity in Later Life: Implications for Clinical and Mezzo Social Work Practice
AbstractAs the global population ages, expectations around socially-productive engagement in work, volunteer, and caregiving activities in later life are rapidly changing. Several streams of research to date inform our understanding of meaningful engagement in later life, but these bodies of research tend to be siloed in their approaches with few integrative frameworks. Further, advancing the national conversation around the AASWSW ’s grand challenge to “Advance Long and Productive Lives” will require that social workers and other professionals have an understanding of what productive aging is at every level of socia...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - April 24, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Ageism and Age Discrimination in the Family: Applying an Intergenerational Critical Consciousness Approach
AbstractAgeism and negative age stereotypes can be expressed unconsciously and consciously through microaggressions in interpersonal interactions, through social and cultural institutional messaging, and through exposure to and encounters with systems of law, government, employment and healthcare. The negative impact of age stereotypes on older adults has been well documented, yet the experience of older adults and ageism within the family has been understudied. This paper reviews theories and evidence on the manifestations of ageism and age discrimination, drawing from an ecological framework emphasizing the importance of...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - April 24, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Integrating Music into Couple Therapy Theory and Practice
This article argues for broadening integrative efforts to include the perspectives and products of the arts and humanities into couple therapy, with a focus on music. The article presents the r ationale for this broadened scope of integration by discussing E. O. Wilson’s consilience theory and its bearing on the distinctions and convergence among the science, craft, and art of therapy. The research on the neuroscience of music and the role of music in affective experience, expression, an d intimate relationships strongly supports use of music in transformative work with couples. Music theory and arts provide a useful fra...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - April 23, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
How the Science of Memory Reconsolidation Advances the Effectiveness and Unification of Psychotherapy
This article reviews these historic findings and how they translate directly into therapeutic application to provide the clinical field with an empirically confirmed process of transformational change. Psychotherapists ’ early use of this new, transtheoretical knowledge indicates a strong potential for significant advances in both the effectiveness of psychotherapy and the unification of its many diverse systems. The erasure process consists of the creation of certain critical experiences required by the brain, and it neither dictates nor limits the experiential methods that therapists can use to facilitate the needed ex...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - April 21, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Young Adult Depression and Anxiety Linked to Social Media Use: Assessment and Treatment
AbstractStudies suggest that more 30% of college students are currently depressed. A small but growing body of literature suggests that young adults ’ social media use correlates with their depressive and anxious symptomology. As many as 90% of young adults use social media currently, compared to just 12.5% in 2005. Further, more than a quarter of college students report spending at least six hours per week on social media, compared to only 18 .9% in 2007. Smartphone use within young adult populations also is extremely high: estimates of undergraduate smartphone ownership appear to be as high as 97%. Collectively, these ...
Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - February 14, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Introduction to the Special Issue on Social Isolation Across the Lifespan
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Source: Clinical Social Work Journal - February 10, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
