The emotionally intelligent social worker / David Howe.
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TextPublication details: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.Description: x, 221 pages. ; 20 cmISBN: - 9780230202788
- 0230202780
- 361.301 HOW
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles, this key textbook offers an insight on the theory of emotional intelligence and its vital practical value. Elegantly and succinctly written, it makes a powerful case for the importance of understanding and managing emotions for effective professional practice.
Written for students and practitioners alike across a range of human services and caring professions, Howe's work on attachment theory has been hugely influential. With a highly regarded reputation for setting the agenda in social work teaching, the author's skills in communicating important theory in an engaging language make of this essential textbook a must-have for all current and future practitioners of the field.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-211) and indexes.
Once more with feeling -- What is emotional intelligence? -- What are emotions? -- Emotional development -- The emotional brain -- Emotions and physical health -- Emotions and mental health -- Cognitive and behavioural therapies -- Relationship-based interventions and supports -- The practitioner relationship and emotional intelligence.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgements (p. vi)
- 1 Once More With Feeling (p. 1)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Reason and Emotion (p. 2)
- Being Acknowledged (p. 5)
- Understanding Feelings and Feeling Understood (p. 7)
- Conclusion (p. 8)
- 2 What is Emotional Intelligence? (p. 10)
- Introduction (p. 10)
- Conceptual Beginnings (p. 10)
- Definitions (p. 11)
- From Monitoring to Management (p. 14)
- The Personal and Interpersonal Benefits of Emotional Intelligence (p. 20)
- Working Under Stress (p. 22)
- Conclusion (p. 23)
- 3 What are Emotions? (p. 24)
- Introduction (p. 24)
- In Body and Mind (p. 24)
- Negative Emotions (p. 26)
- Positive Feelings (p. 28)
- Emotions and Memory (p. 29)
- Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness (p. 29)
- Expressing Emotions (p. 34)
- Emotions and Social Relationships (p. 36)
- Defining Emotions (p. 38)
- Reflexes, Emotion and Cognition (p. 41)
- Conclusion (p. 43)
- 4 Emotional Development (p. 44)
- Introduction (p. 44)
- Temperament (p. 44)
- The Parent-Child Relationship (p. 47)
- Learning to Recognize Emotions in Self and Others (p. 50)
- Emotional Attunement and Emotional Regulation (p. 51)
- Naming and Sharing Emotional States (p. 55)
- Psychological Mindedness (p. 58)
- Emotional Development in Adversity (p. 60)
- The Emergence of the Self and the Social Emotions (p. 63)
- Social Sharing of Emotions (p. 64)
- Culture and Emotions (p. 66)
- Conclusion (p. 68)
- 5 The Emotional Brain (p. 70)
- Introduction (p. 70)
- The Complex Brain (p. 70)
- The Social Brain (p. 71)
- The Evolutionary Origins and Organization of the Brain (p. 74)
- Emotions and the Left and Right Brain (p. 86)
- Complex, Integrated Brains (p. 89)
- The Brain's Chemistry (p. 91)
- Abnormal Brain Functioning and Emotional Dysregulation (p. 94)
- Conclusion (p. 95)
- 6 Emotions and Physical Health (p. 96)
- Introduction (p. 96)
- Mind and Body (p. 96)
- The Immune System (p. 97)
- The Stress Response (p. 98)
- Psychology and Immune Functioning: How Feelings Affect Health and Wellbeing (p. 103)
- Stress and Coping (p. 104)
- Resilience (p. 106)
- Feeling in Control (p. 109)
- Stress, Memory and Emotional Arousal (p. 111)
- Happiness, Health and the New Science of Positive Psychology (p. 112)
- Conclusion (p. 114)
- 7 Emotions and Mental Health (p. 116)
- Introduction (p. 116)
- Emotions Awry (p. 116)
- Schizophrenia (p. 118)
- Alexithymia (p. 119)
- Autism and Autistic Spectrum Disorders (p. 121)
- Loss, Grief and Mourning (p. 122)
- Major Depression (p. 126)
- Bipolar Disorder (p. 129)
- Anxiety Disorders (p. 131)
- Childhood Behavioural Problems and Disorders (p. 136)
- Personality Disorders (p. 139)
- Dementia (p. 143)
- Conclusion (p. 145)
- 8 Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (p. 146)
- Introduction (p. 146)
- Thought, Feeling and Behaviour (p. 146)
- Behaviour Therapy (p. 149)
- Cognitive Therapies (p. 154)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapies (CBT) (p. 158)
- Psychologically and Medically-Based Treatments (p. 159)
- Conclusion (p. 159)
- 9 Relationship-Based Interventions and Supports (p. 161)
- Introduction (p. 161)
- Making Links (p. 161)
- Intersubjectivity and Psychotherapeutic Moments (p. 162)
- Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Theories and Therapies (p. 165)
- Mentalized Affectivity-Based Treatments (p. 169)
- Humanistic Approaches (p. 173)
- Social Support (p. 176)
- Conclusion (p. 179)
- 10 The Practitioner Relationship and Emotional Intelligence (p. 180)
- Introduction (p. 180)
- Working with Stress and Under Stress (p. 180)
- The Views of Clients and Service Users (p. 181)
- Use of the Self (p. 185)
- Relationship-Based Social Work (p. 187)
- Emotionally Intelligent Organizations (p. 190)
- The Crooked Timber of Humanity (p. 192)
- Conclusion (p. 195)
- Bibliography (p. 196)
- Name Index (p. 213)
- Subject Index (p. 217)