Books on the Strengths Perspective

Benard, B. (2004). Resiliency. What we have learned. San Francisco: WestEd.

Barry, L. D., Hubble, M. A., & Miller, S. D. (1997). Psychotherapy with "Impossible" Cases.  The efficient treatment of therapy veterans. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Billingsley, A. (1992). Climbing Jacob's ladder: The enduring legacy of African American families. New York: Touchstone.

Canda, E. R. (1998). Spirituality in social work: New directions. New York: Haworth Pastoral Press.

Canda, E. R., & Furman, L. D. (1999). Spiritual diversity in social work practice: The heart of helping   New York: Free Press.

Canda, E. R., & Smith, E. D. (2001). Transpersonal perspectives on spirituality in social work. New York: Haworth Press.

Chapin, R. (2006). Social policy for effective practice: A strengths approach. Boston, MA: Mc Graw Hill.

Corcoran, J. (2005). Building strengths and skills: A collaborative approach to working with clients. New York: Oxford University Press.

Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Csikszentmihalyi, I. S. (2006). A life worth living: Contributions to positive psychology. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press.

Davis, L. V. (Ed.). (1994). Building on women’s strengths : A social work agenda for the twenty-first century. . New York Haworth Press.

Desetta, A., & Wolin, S. (2000). The struggle to be strong. True stories by teens about overcoming tough times. Canada: Free Spirit Publishing.

Duncan, B. L., & Miller, S. D. (2000). The heroic client. Doing client-directed, outcome informed therapy. San Francisco: Jossey Bass.

Falicov, C. J. (1998). Latino families in therapy: A guide to multicultural practice. New York: The Guilford Press.

Fast, B., & Chapin, R. (2001). Strengths case management in long term care. Baltimore: Health Professions Press.

Fraser, M. W. (Ed.). (2004). Risk and resilience in childhood. Washington D.C,: NASW Press.

Gilligan, R. (2001). Promoting resilience: A resource guide on working with children in the care system. London: British Agencies for Adoption and Fostering (BAAF).

Hubble, M. A., Duncan, B. L., & Miller, S. D. (2002). The heart and soul of change. What works in therapy. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Kaplan, L., & Girard, J. L. (1994). Strengthening high-risk families: A handbook for practitioners. New York: Lexington.

Kaplan, M. (1997). On playing a poor hand well: Insights from the lives of those who have overcome childhood risks and adversities. New York: W. W. Norton.

Kretzmann, J., & McKnight, J. (1993). Building communities from the inside-out. Chicago. Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University.

Kretzmann, J. P., McKnight, J., Schnare, R., International Information Resources Inc., Civic Network Television., & ACTA Publications. (1996). Mobilizing community assets [videorecording]. Chicago, Ill.: Distributed by ACTA Publications.

Lee, J. A. B. (2001). The empowerment approach to social work practice (2nd ed.). New York: Columbia University Press.

Lieberman, A. A. (1998). The social workout book : Strength-building exercises for the pre-professional. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Pine Forge Press.

Logan, S. L. (1996). The black family: Strengths, self-help, and positive change. Boulder, Colorado.: Westview Press.

Logan, S. L. (2001). The black family: Strengths, self-help, and positive change (2nd ed.). Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.

Luthar, S. S. (Ed.). (2003). Resilience and vulnerability. Adaptations in the context of childhood adversities. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Meinert, R. G., Pardeck, J. T., & Sullivan, W. P. (1994). Issues in social work: A critical analysis. Westport, Conn.: Auburn House.

Mills, R. (1994). Realizing mental health. New York: Sulzburger & Graham.

Modrcin, M. J., Rapp, C. A., & Chamberlain, R. L. (1985). Case management with psychiatrically disabled individuals: Curriculum & training program. Lawrence, Kansas: University of Kansas.

Norman, E. (Ed.). (2000). Resiliency enhancement. Putting the Strengths Perspective into social work practice. New York: Columbia University Press.

Pearlmutter, S. D., & Rapp, C. A. (1993). The strengths model of case management for employment preparation services. Lawrence, KS. School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas. .

Peterson, K. J., & Lieberman, A. (Eds.). (2002). Building on women’s strengths: A social work agenda for the twenty-first century (2nd ed.).

Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and classification. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association:  Oxford University Press.

Petr, C. G. (1998). Social work with children and their families: Pragmatic foundations. New York: Oxford University Press.

Petr, C. G. (2004). Social work with children and their families: Pragmatic foundations (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Pransky, J. (1998). Modello: A story of hope in the inner city and beyond. Cabot, VT: NEHRI Publications.

Rapp, C. A. (1998). The strengths model: Case management with people suffering from severe and persistent mental illness. New York: Oxford University Press.

Rapp, C. A., & Goscha, R. (2006). The strengths model: Case management with people with psychiatric disabilities (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford.

Rapp, C. A., & Poertner, J. (1992). Social administration: A client-centered approach. New York: Longman Publishing Company.

Ridgway, P., McDiarmid, D., Davidson, L., Bayes, J., & Ratzlaff, S. (2002). Pathways to recovery: A strengths recovery self-help workbook. Lawrence, KS: School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas.

Robbins, S. P., Chatterjee, P., & Canda, E. R. (1998). Contemporary human behavior theory : A critical perspective for social work. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Robbins, S. P., Chatterjee, P., & Canda, E. R. (2006). Contemporary human behavior theory : A critical perspective for social work (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon.

Saleebey, D. (1992). The Strengths Perspective in social work practice. New York: Longman.

Saleebey, D. (1997). The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (2nd ed.). New York: Longman.

Saleebey, D. (2001). Human behavior and social environments: A biopsychosocial approach. New York: Columbia University Press.

Saleebey, D. (2006). The strengths approach to practice. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Schorr, L. B. (1997). Common purpose: Strengthening families and neighborhoods to rebuild America. New York: Anchor/Doubleday.

Shazer, S. de. (1991). Putting difference to work. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Simon, B. L. (1994). The empowerment tradition in American social work. New York: Columbia University Press.

Snyder, C. R. (Ed.). (2000). Handbook of hope: Theory, measures, and applications. San Diego: Academic Press.

Snyder, C. R., & Lopez, S. J. (Eds.). (2002). Handbook of positive psychology. NY: Oxford University Press.

Snyder, C. R., & Lopez, S. J. (2007). Positive psychology : The scientific and practical explorations of human strengths. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications.

Swadener, B. B., & Lubeck, S. D. (Eds.). (1995). Children and families “at promise”: Deconstructing the discourse of risk. Albany: SUNY Press.

Taylor, J. B. (1994). Poverty and niches: A systems view. Lawrence, KS: School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas.

Vaillant, G. E. (2002). Aging well: Surprising guidelines to a happier life. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.

Van Wormer, K., & Davis, D. R. (2003). Addiction treatment; a Strengths Perspective. USA: Wadsworth Publishing Co.

Van Wormer, K. S. (2001). Counseling female offenders and victims: A strengths-restorative approach. New York: Springer Pub. Co.

Van Wormer, K. S., Wells, J., & Boes, M. (2000). Social work with lesbians, gays, and bisexuals: A Strengths Perspective. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Walsh, F. (1998). Strengthening family resilience. New York: The Guilford Press.

Walsh, F. (2003). Normal family processes: Growing diversity and complexity (3rd Ed.). New York: Guilford Press.

Walter, J. L., & Peller, J. E. (1992). Becoming solution-focused in brief therapy. New York: Brunner/Mazel Publishers.

Werner, E., & Smith, R. (2001). Journeys from childhood to midlife. Risk, resilience, and recovery. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.

Werner, E. E., & Smith, R. S. (1992). Overcoming the odds: High-risk children from birth to adulthood. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

Wolin, S., Desetta, A., & Hefner, K. (2000). A leader's guide to the struggle to be strong. How to foster resilience in teens. Minneapolis: Free Spirit Publishing.

Wolin, S., & S., W. (1993). The resilient self:  How survivors of troubled families rise above adversity. New York: Villard.

Abram, F. Y., Oxford, J. M., & Roffle, A. H. (2001). Beyond women of color, welfare, and identity politics. In K. J. Peterson & A. A. Lieberman (Eds.), Building on women’s strengths : A social work agenda for the twenty-first century (2nd ed.). New York: Haworth Social Work Practice Press.

Baptist, W., Bricker-Jenkins, M., Gentry, S., Johnson, M., & Novak, C. (2006). "That history becomes you": Slave narratives and today's movement to end poverty. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Benard, B. (2002). Turnaround people and places: Moving from risk to resilience. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Benard, B. (2006). Using strengths-based practice to tap the resilience of families. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Blundo, R. (2006). Shifting our habits of mind: Learning to practice from a Strengths Perspective. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Canda, E. R. (2002). The significance of spirituality for resilient response to chronic illness: A qualitative study of adults with cystic fibrosis In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Canda, E. R. (2006). The significance of spirituality for resilient response to chronic illness: A qualitative study of adults with cystic fibrosis In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Chapin, R. (2001). Supporting the strengths of older women. In K. J. Peterson & A. A. Lieberman (Eds.), Building on women’s strengths: A social work agenda for the twenty-first century New York: Haworth Social Work Practice Press.

Chapin, R., Nelson-Becker, H., & MacMillan, K. (2006). Strengths-based and solution-focused approaches to practice with older adults. In B. Berkman & S. D'Ambruoso (Eds.), Oxford handbook of social work, health, and aging. USA: Oxford Press.

Cowger, C., Anderson, K. M., & Snively, C. A. (2006). Assessing strengths: The political context of individual, family, and community empowerment. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Cowger, C. D., & Snively, C. A. (2002). Assessing client strengths: Individual, family, and community empowerment  In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Davis, L. V. (2001). Why we still need a women’s agenda for social work. In K. J. Peterson & A. A. Lieberman (Eds.), Building on women’s strengths: A social work agenda for the twenty-first century (2nd ed.). New York Haworth Social Work Practice Press.

Fast, B., & Chapin, R. (2002). The strengths model with older adults: Critical practice components. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Fraser, M. W., Kirby, L. D., & Smokowski, P. R. (2004). Risk and resilience in childhood. In M. W. Fraser (Ed.), Risk and resilience in childhood (pp. 13-66). Washington D.C,: NASW Press.

Fraser, M. W., & Richman, J. M. (2001). Resilience: Implications for evidence-based practice. In J. M. Richman & M. W. Fraser (Eds.), The context of youth violence. Resilience, risk, and protection (pp. 187-198). Wesport, Connecticut: Praeger.

Goldstein, H. (2002). The literary and moral foundations of the Strengths Perspective. . In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Goscha, R. J. (2005). New trends of case management in the U.S.:  Discovery of strengths and its process. Japanese Journal of Care Management, 4(4), 1-67.

Jones, J. C., & Bricker-Jenkins, M. (2002). Creating strengths-based alliances to end poverty In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (3rd ed.). Boston Allyn and Bacon.

Kisthardt, W. (1993). The impact of the strengths model of case management from the consumer perspective. In M. B. Harris, H. (Ed.), Case management: Theory and practice. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association.

Kisthardt, W. (2006). The opportunities and challenges of strengths-based, person-centered practice: Purpose, principles, and applications in a climate of systems' integration. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Kisthardt, W., & Rapp, C. A. (1991). Bridging the gap between principles and practice: Implementing a Strengths Perspective in case management. In S. M. Ross (Ed.), Social work practice and case management. New York: Longman.

Kisthardt, W. E. (2002). The Strengths Perspective in interpersonal helping: Purpose, principles, and functions. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Kreider, J. W. (1998). Solution-focused ideas for briefer therapy with longer-term clients. In M. Hoyt (Ed.), The handbook of constructive therapies. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Laird, J. (2001). Changing women’s narratives: Taking back the discourse. In K. J. Peterson & A. A. Lieberman (Eds.), Building on women’s strengths : A social work agenda for the twenty-first century (2nd ed.). New York: Haworth Social Work Practice Press.

Levy-Simon, B. (2001). Building on the romance of women’s innate strengths: Social feminism and its influence at the Henry Street Settlement, 1893-1993   In K. J. Peterson & A. A. Lieberman (Eds.), Building on women’s strengths : A social work agenda for the twenty-first century (2nd ed.). New York: Haworth Social Work Practice Press.

Miller, D. C. (2001). What is needed for true equality: An overview of policy issues for women. In K. J. Peterson & A. A. Lieberman (Eds.), Building on women’s strengths: A social work agenda for the twenty-first century (2nd Ed.). New York: Haworth Social Work Practice Press.

Nelson-Becker, H., Chapin, R., & Fast, B. (2006). The strengths model with older adults. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Nelson-Becker, H., Nakashima, M., & Canda, E. R. (2006). Spirituality in professional helping interventions. In B. Berkman & S. D'Ambruoso (Eds.), Oxford handbook of social work in health and aging. USA: Oxford Press.

O’Brien, P. (2001). Promoting reentry for formerly incarcerated women: Individual and community practice challenges  In K. J. Peterson & A. A. Lieberman (Eds.), Building on women’s strengths: A social work agenda for the twenty-first century (2nd ed.). New York: Haworth Social Work Practice Press.

O'Dougherty Wright, M., & Masten, A. (2005). Resilience processes in development. Fostering positive adaptations in the context of adversity. In S. Goldstein & R. Brooks (Eds.), Handbook of resilience in children (pp. 17 -37). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Rapp, C. A. (1993). Theory, principle, and methods of the strengths model case management. In M. H. H. Bergman (Ed.), Case management: Theory and practice. Washington D.C.: American Psychiatric Association Press.

Rapp, C. A. (2004). Strength model of case management. In R. Emard & T. Aubry (Eds.), Le suivi communautaire en sante mentale: Une invitation a batir sa vie. Ottawa, Canada: Les Presses de L'Universite d'Ottawa.

Rapp, C. A., & Goscha, R. J. (2005). What are the common features of evidence-based practice? In R. E. Drake, M. R. Merrens & D. Lynde (Eds.), Evidence-based mental health practice (pp. 188-215). New York: W.W. Norton & Company.

Rapp, C. A., & Goscha, R. J. (2006). Strengths-based case management. In K. T. Muesser (Ed.), The handbook of schizophrenia. New York: Guilford publications.

Rapp, R. C. (2002). Strengths-based case management: Enhancing treatment for persons with substance abuse problems. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice. (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Rapp, R. C. (2006). Strengths-based case management: Enhancing treatment for persons with substance abuse problems. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Saleebey, D. (2002). Community development, neighborhood empowerment, and individual resilience. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The strengths approach to practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Saleebey, D. (2002). Introduction: Power in the people. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Saleebey, D. (2002). The strengths approach to practice. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Saleebey, D. (Ed.). (2002). The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (3rd. ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Saleebey, D. (2002). The Strengths Perspective: Possibilities and problems. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The strengths approach to practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Saleebey, D. (2006). Community development, neighborhood empowerment, and individual resilience. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Saleebey, D. (2006). Introduction: Power in the people. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Saleebey, D. (Ed.). (2006). The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (4th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

Saleebey, D. (2006). The Strengths Perspective: Possibilities and problems. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Severson, M. E. (2001). Women’s mental health issues: Twentieth-century realities; twenty-first century challenges. In K. J. Peterson & A. A. Lieberman (Eds.), Building on women’s strengths: A social work agenda for the twenty-first century (2nd ed.). New York: Haworth Social Work Practice Press.

Sullivan, W. P., & Rapp, C. A. (1994). Breaking away: The potential and promise of a strengths-based approach to social work practice. In R. G. Meinert, J. T. Pardeck & W. P. Sullivan (Eds.), Issues in social work. Westport, CT: Auburn House.

Sullivan, W. P., & Rapp, C. A. (2002). Environmental context, opportunity, and the process of recovery: The role of strengths-based practice and policy. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The strengths approach to practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Sullivan, W. P., & Rapp, C. A. (2006). Honoring philosophical traditions: The strengths model and the social environment. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (4th ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Walter, M. (2006). Strengths of indigenous people. In D. Saleebey (Ed.).,The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Walter, M., & Bird, M. Y. (2002). Strengths of First Nations peoples. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Weick, A. (2001). Overturning oppression: An analysis of emancipatory change. . In K. J. Peterson & A. A. Lieberman (Eds.), Building on women’s strengths: A social work agenda for the twenty-first century (2nd Ed.). New York: Haworth Social Work Practice Press.

Weick, A. (2005). A strengths approach to health and healing. In W. Spitzer (Ed.), The strengths based perspective in social work practice in health care. Petersburg, VA: The Dietz Press (National Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care).

Weick, A., & Chamberlain, R. (2002). Putting problems in their place: Further explorations in the Strengths Perspective.  . In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (3rd ed.). Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Weick, A., Kreider, J. W., & Chamberlain, R. (2006). Solving problems from a Strengths Perspective. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Anderson, K. M. (2001). Recovery: Resistance and resilience in female incest survivors. Unpublished Thesis (Ph. D.), University of Kansas, Social Welfare, 2001.

Chamberlain, R. L. (1991). An experimental study of the strengths model of case management. Unpublished Thesis (Ph. D.), University of Kansas, Social Welfare, 1991.

Dybicz, P. (2006). A genealogy of the good: An examination of the discourse on social welfare form poor laws to Strengths Perspective. Unpublished Thesis (Ph.D.), The University of Kansas. School of Social Welfare, Lawrence, KS.

Kisthardt, W. E. (1997). The impact of the strengths model of case management with adults with serious and persistent mental illness. Unpublished Thesis (Ph. D.), University of Kansas, Social Welfare, 1997.

Ridgway, P. A. (2004). Hope and mental health recovery : Co-constructing new paradigm knowledge. Unpublished Thesis (Ph.D.), University of Kansas, Social Welfare, 2004.

Eichler, M. S., Gowdy, E., & Etzel-Wise, D. (2004). I'm in my home and I'm happy: Effective supported housing practices in Kansas. Unpublished Report for Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Division of Health Care Policy. University of Kansas School of Social Welfare.

Goscha, R., & Huff, S. (2001). Strengths model case management trainers manual. School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas.

Goscha, R., & Huff, S. (2002). From segregation to community inclusion: How one CSS program closed day treatment in support of community based employment supports and services. Unpublished Report. University of Kansas, School of Social Welfare.

Goscha, R., & Huff, S. (2004). Strengths model case management trainers manual. School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas.

Laundry, S., Dybicz, P., Nelson-Becker, H., Chapin, R., Chandran, D., & Gordon, T. (2005). Cultural issues and aging. The Strengths Perspective. Online Web Module