Artistry in Social Work Practice deals with the aesthetics of helping practice. Th ere is a focus on the features of artistry that give effectiveness to the work of assisting people with their problems in social living and improving their personal and communal welfare. Consideration is given to such elements as the use of self, form, relationships, creativity, communication, style, performance, and to aesthetic and spiritual experiences as part of the helping process. This book is an alert to the much neglected but crucial artistic aspect of social work. Max Siporin, a long time innovator in thinking about social work, calls practitioners to engage more deeply the aesthetic, creative, dynamic, symbolic, and spiritual qualities of our helping relationships and transformative activities. Ed R. Canda This is a book that has been badly needed in social work. Siporin has given the artistic dimension of social work practice its just due. It is a practice that can be done with a creativity, skill, style, and wisdom which achieve a helping experience that is a thing of beauty. Ed Sherman
Artistry in Social Work Practice deals with the aesthetics of helping practice. Th ere is a focus on the features of artistry that give effectiveness to the work of assisting people with their problems in social living and improving their personal and communal welfare. Consideration is given to such elements as the use of self, form, relationships, creativity, communication, style, performance, and to aesthetic and spiritual experiences as part of the helping process. This book is an alert to the much neglected but crucial artistic aspect of social work. Max Siporin, a long time innovator in thinking about social work, calls practitioners to engage more deeply the aesthetic, creative, dynamic, symbolic, and spiritual qualities of our helping relationships and transformative activities. Ed R. Canda This is a book that has been badly needed in social work. Siporin has given the artistic dimension of social work practice its just due. It is a practice that can be done with a creativity, skill, style, and wisdom which achieve a helping experience that is a thing of beauty. Ed Sherman
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