Title
Social Work Practice Innovations: Helping Clients Understand, Explore, and Develop Their Friendships
Publication Date
2-13-2008
Document Type
Article
Abstract
This article demonstrates the importance of helping clients understand, explore, and develop friendships in social work practice. The nature of friendships is explored. A cross-disciplinary analysis of the literature concerning friendships and their relationship to human health and functioning is discussed. Case examples illustrating the importance of friendships and examples of the conscious use of friendships as a target of intervention are provided.
Publication Title
Advances in Social Work
Volume
4
Issue
2
First Page
116
Last Page
129
Publisher Policy
open access
Open Access Status
OA Journal
Recommended Citation
Furman, Rich; Collins, Kathryn; and Swanson, Janet, "Social Work Practice Innovations: Helping Clients Understand, Explore, and Develop Their Friendships" (2008). Social Work & Criminal Justice Publications. 188.
https://digitalcommons.tacoma.uw.edu/socialwork_pub/188
