{"id":80,"date":"2019-07-12T14:59:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T14:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/posthumanism\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2019-07-12T14:59:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T14:59:57","slug":"social-work-theories-list","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/posthumanism\/social-work-theories-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Work Theories List"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wikitext\">\n<p>Note: This is not a digital scholarship project. Rather, I was looking for a list of social work theories to provide to my students in 2A06D at McMaster, and could not find one. I chose to create a reference list, and wanted it to be publicly accessible. This list is in no way exhaustive nor prescriptive, and is meant to serve as a starting point for further research and reading. Neither this list, nor the web resources listed here, should be cited or seen as academic resources.<\/p>\n<div class=\"vspace\"><\/div>\n<h2>Theories Used in Social Work<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>clinical theories (largely based on psychological models)\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"urllink\" href=\"https:\/\/socialwork.simmons.edu\/theories-used-social-work-practice\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">social learning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"urllink\" href=\"https:\/\/socialwork.simmons.edu\/theories-used-social-work-practice\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">psychosocial<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"urllink\" href=\"https:\/\/socialwork.simmons.edu\/theories-used-social-work-practice\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">transpersonal<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"urllink\" href=\"https:\/\/socialwork.simmons.edu\/theories-used-social-work-practice\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">rational choice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vspace\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>modern social work theories (from\u00a0<a class=\"urllink\" href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.mcmaster.ca\/catalogue\/Record\/1245609\" rel=\"nofollow\">Payne<\/a>)\n<ul>\n<li>psychodynamic<\/li>\n<li>crisis intervention\/task-centred<\/li>\n<li>cognitive-behavioural<\/li>\n<li>systems and ecological<\/li>\n<li>social constructionism<\/li>\n<li>humanism, existentialism, spirituality<\/li>\n<li>social and community development<\/li>\n<li>anti-oppressive practice (called anti-discrimination), see\u00a0<a class=\"urllink\" href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.mcmaster.ca\/catalogue\/Record\/1692016\" rel=\"nofollow\">Carniol<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>empowerment and advocacy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vspace\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>some\u00a0<a class=\"urllink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sociological_theory#Classical_theoretical_traditions\" rel=\"nofollow\">classical sociological theories<\/a>\u00a0applicable to social work\n<ul>\n<li>conflict<\/li>\n<li>symbolic interactionism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vspace\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>some\u00a0<a class=\"urllink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sociological_theory#List_of_contemporary_theories\" rel=\"nofollow\">contemporary sociological theories<\/a>\u00a0applicable to social work\n<ul>\n<li>anomie<\/li>\n<li>engaged<\/li>\n<li>grounded<\/li>\n<li>interpretivism<\/li>\n<li>positivism<\/li>\n<li>phenomenology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vspace\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>feminisms\n<ul>\n<li>there are a wide array of feminist theories.\u00a0<a class=\"urllink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Feminist_movements_and_ideologies\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wikipedia<\/a>\u00a0provides a list of 18 different branches of feminist thinking that can serve as a good starting point, although this list should not be seen as exhaustive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vspace\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>some\u00a0<a class=\"urllink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Outline_of_critical_theory#Branches_of_critical_theory\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0branches of critical theories<\/a>\u00a0applicable to social work\n<ul>\n<li>Marxism<\/li>\n<li>postcolonialism<\/li>\n<li>structuralism<\/li>\n<li>poststructuralism<\/li>\n<li>deconstruction\/reconstruction<\/li>\n<li>postmodernism<\/li>\n<li>psychoanalysis<\/li>\n<li>queer theories<\/li>\n<li>semiotics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"vspace\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>mad studies (consumer\/survivor\/ex-patient movement, see\u00a0<a class=\"urllink\" href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.mcmaster.ca\/catalogue\/Record\/2382975\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u00a0LeFran\u00e7ois, Menzies, Reaume<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>critical race theory<\/li>\n<li>critical disability studies (see\u00a0<a class=\"urllink\" href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.mcmaster.ca\/catalogue\/Record\/2385955\" rel=\"nofollow\">Kafer<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>posthumanism (see\u00a0<a class=\"urllink\" href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.mcmaster.ca\/catalogue\/Record\/2255464\" rel=\"nofollow\">Wolfe<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"urllink\" href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.mcmaster.ca\/catalogue\/Record\/2393430\" rel=\"nofollow\">Braidotti<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>affect theory (see\u00a0<a class=\"urllink\" href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.mcmaster.ca\/catalogue\/Record\/2352504\" rel=\"nofollow\">Boler<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>embodiment (from feminist tradition, see\u00a0<a class=\"urllink\" href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.mcmaster.ca\/catalogue\/Record\/1154809\" rel=\"nofollow\">Davis<\/a>)\n<div class=\"vspace\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Indigenous knowledges\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"urllink\" href=\"http:\/\/catalogue.mcmaster.ca\/catalogue\/Record\/1693197\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sinclair, Hart, and Bruyere<\/a>\u00a0is a good starting point for learning about Indigenous knowledges for social work<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: This is not a digital scholarship project. 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