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This 10 page paper takes a look at the field of social work and how psychoanalytic and cognitive theories may be applied. How social workers cope with change, in respect to their clients' progress, is a focus of this study. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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stereotyped as having a client lay down on a couch and go back to his childhood to find out what unspeakable things had happened long ago. Typically, present problems are
blamed on childhood experiences. Cognitive psychology, on the other hand, would look at the present day and focus on thoughts of the individual. What is going through the clients mind?
If he is thinking "I am no good. I cant do anything right, " that is a clue that something is awry. The idea of cognitive psychology, simply put, is
to address the voices in ones head, and not the ghosts of the past. Freudian psychology involves psychoanalysis; Sigmund Freuds model of the mind is mechanistic (McLeish, 1993).
Later on, behaviorism would evolve and that would be a complete break from the Freudian ideal (1993). Cognitive psychology is also rather different than than psychoanalytic view as it relies
on what is and not on what was, or what might have been. Cognitive models, in general, come from the Gestalt school of thought which focuses on thinking patterns. Social
work practices rely on psychological models because the work has to do with people. Thus, psychological theory is helpful in confronting clients who often have problems beyond the scope of
the traditional professional relationship. Social workers must confront alcoholics, pedophiles, spousal abusers and other characters who would benefit from psychological help. Thus, the social worker must focus on a psychological
paradigm in order to be successful in his or her field, whether they work as public servants or are in private practice. Social workers often ask which type of psychology
is best to use for the work that they do and while answers may vary due to the variety of situations that will inevitably occur, it pays to address the
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