SOCW - 8220 Advanced Holistic Practice and Wellness (3)

This course provides an overview of holistic practice and integrative body-mind-spirit approach in social work. New approaches in science, the influence of culture, spirituality and social change movements within the field are explored. This course highlights social work’s commitment to view clients from a bio-psycho-social-spiritual and political perspective. Emphasis is placed on the client-practitioner partnership relationship. This course also includes alternative social work/wellness practices that compare and contrast characteristics of different approaches, their principles and mechanisms, client outcomes and research base.