Bell Holly
Center for Social Work Research, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, USA.
Soc Work. 2003 Oct;48(4):513-22. doi: 10.1093/sw/48.4.513.
The strengths perspective has been a unique contribution by the field of social work to the understanding of the helper-client relationship. This article explores the utility of the strengths perspective as a conceptual framework for research in a qualitative study of secondary trauma with counselors of battered women. An emphasis on strengths allowed the researcher to identify strategies and resources that prevented symptoms of secondary trauma in the majority of counselors. These strengths include a sense of competence about their coping, maintaining an objective motivation for their work, resolving their own personal traumas, drawing on early positive role models of coping, and having buffering personal beliefs. Implications for social work practice, education, and research are discussed.
优势视角是社会工作领域对理解助人者与服务对象关系的独特贡献。本文探讨优势视角作为一种概念框架在对受虐妇女咨询师的继发性创伤质性研究中的效用。对优势的强调使研究者能够识别出在大多数咨询师中预防继发性创伤症状的策略和资源。这些优势包括应对方面的胜任感、保持工作的客观动机、解决自身个人创伤、借鉴早期积极的应对榜样以及拥有起到缓冲作用的个人信念。文中还讨论了对社会工作实践、教育和研究的启示。
