Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2009
Department
Social Work
Abstract
This article takes up Blundo’s (2001) assertion in this journal that in order to practice from the strengths perspective, social workers need to alter their “frames.” Expanding on this assertion, we specify a particular frame that requires change: a pathological worldview. Examining the strengths perspective with regard to a Foucauldian analysis of power, we argue that to thoroughly implement the strengths perspective, we need to consider the dividing practices that allow us to maintain power and that reflect a pathological worldview. This article provides considerations for social work practice that will be of interest to practicing social workers and social work educators interested in continuing to develop their strengths-based practice.
Recommended Citation
Grant, Jill S. and Cadell, Susan, "Power, Pathological Worldviews, and the Strengths Perspective in Social Work" (2009). Lyle S. Hallman Social Work Faculty Publications. 7.
https://scholars.wlu.ca/scwk_faculty/7
Comments
Reprinted with permission from Families in Society (www.FamiliesInSociety.org), published by the Alliance for Children and Families.