caa a22 4500 397583176 CHVBK 20180308164913.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199603 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/sw/41.2.172 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/sw/41.2.172 A Constructivist Perspective on Clinical Social Work Practice with Ethnically Diverse Clients [Elektronische Daten] [Gilbert J. Greene, Carla Jensen, Dorothy Harper Jones] A person's reality and definition of self are socially constructed; ethnicity is integrally involved in this process. Clinical work is successful if the client constructs a self with a sense of positive self-esteem and empowerment. The profession views social workers' use of self as important in successful clinical work, especially with clients ethnically different from themselves. This article provides a framework adapted from a constructivist perspective for the clinician's skillful use of self in therapeutic discourse. The framework consists of five stances the clinician can use in transcending the discomfort he or she may experience in a cross-cultural clinical situation. Use of these stances facilitates clients' ethnic validation, which is essential to positive therapeutic outcomes. This article uses case examples to illustrate the use of the framework. Copyright © 1996 by the National Association of Social Workers, Inc. clinical social work nationallicence constructivism nationallicence empowerment nationallicence ethnicity nationallicence self nationallicence Greene Gilbert J. aut Jensen Carla aut Jones Dorothy Harper aut Social Work Oxford University Press 41/2(1996-03), 172-180 0037-8046 41:2<172 1996 41 sw https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/41.2.172 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/sw/41.2.172 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Greene Gilbert J. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jensen Carla aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jones Dorothy Harper aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Social Work Oxford University Press 41/2(1996-03), 172-180 0037-8046 41:2<172 1996 41 sw Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford