Mindfulness and Acceptance in Social Work

Boone, Matthew S.

• Publisher: Context Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9781608828920
• Year: 1010

Social work focuses on serving the most vulnerable members of society, and social workers must often address the contextual forces that contribute to human problems. Mindfulness and acceptance are powerful tools for this practice. By offering interventions like dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), social workers can help their clients become more aware and take effective action. In Mindfulness and Acceptance in Social Work, editor and social worker Matthew S. Boone brings together contributions from emerging voices in social work, such as Elana Rosenbaum, Yuk-Lin Renita Wong, and Diana Coholic, along with ACT pioneers Kirk Strosahl, Patricia Robinson, and others. This book focuses not only on mindfulness-based interventions for direct practice, but also on the intersection of mindfulness and social work education, cultural diversity, and macro social work. It includes a framework for moving past culturally-informed biases, and for how to best utilize mindfulness interventions for both individuals and the community at large.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Mindfulness and Acceptance in Social Work
• The Present Moment: Mindfulness and Acceptance in Direct Practice
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Social Work
• Social Work and Dialectical Behavior Therapy
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Social Work
• Social Work and Behavioral Activation
• New Directions: Emerging Applications of Mindfulness and Acceptance in Social Work
• Radical Acceptance: Mindfulness and Critical Reflection in Social Work Education
• Facilitating Mindfulness Using Arts-Based Methods and a Holistic Strengths-Based Perspective
• Doing ACT Briefly: The Practice of Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• In Pursuit of Excellence: Developing Competencies for Delivery of Brief Interventions
• The Client in Context: Addressing Broader Systems
• Mindfulness and Engaged Buddhism: Implications for a Generalist Macro Social Work Practice
• Thinking Functionally and Contextually About Cultural Diversity in Mindfulness-Based Treatments
• Contextual Behavioral Science and Social Work: A Natural and Effective Partnership?