Social work theory and ethics places social justice at its core and recognises that many clients from oppressed and marginalized communities frequently suffer greater forms and degrees of physical and mental illness. However, social justice work has all too often been conceptualized as a macro intervention, separate and distinct from clinical practice.

This practical text is designed to help social workers intervene around the impact of socio-political factors with their clients and integrate social justice into their clinical work. Based on past radical traditions, it introduces and applies a liberation health framework which merges clinical and macro work into a singular, unified way of working with individuals, families, and communities. Opening with a chapter on the theory and historical roots of liberation social work practice, each subsequent chapter goes on to look at a particular population group or individual case study, including:

• LGBT communities
• Mental health illness
• Violence
• Addiction
• Working with ethnic minorities
• Health

Written by a team of experienced lecturers and practitioners, "Social Justice in Clinical Practice" provides a clear, focussed, practice-oriented model of clinical social work for both social work practitioners and students.

Social work theory and ethics places social justice at its core and recognises that many clients from oppressed and marginalized communities frequently suffer greater forms and degrees of physical and mental illness. However, social justice work has all too often been conceptualized as a macro intervention, separate and distinct from clinical practice.

This practical text is designed to help social workers intervene around the impact of socio-political factors with their clients and integrate social justice into their clinical work. Based on past radical traditions, it introduces and applies a liberation health framework which merges clinical and macro work into a singular, unified way of working with individuals, families, and communities. Opening with a chapter on the theory and historical roots of liberation social work practice, each subsequent chapter goes on to look at a particular population group or individual case study, including:

• LGBT communities
• Mental health illness
• Violence
• Addiction
• Working with ethnic minorities
• Health

Written by a team of experienced lecturers and practitioners, "Social Justice in Clinical Practice" provides a clear, focussed, practice-oriented model of clinical social work for both social work practitioners and students.

Based on archival research and interviews with more than 60 people connected to Transition House from its creation to the present, Ann Fleck-Henderson tells the story of the organization's unconventional evolution from a feminist collective to a more formally structured social service nonprofit organization. It documents the organization's efforts to balance loyalty to its radical roots with the demands of a changing context while maintaining an unwavering commitment to ending domestic violence and supporting survivors of abuse.