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<strong>In</strong> Part Two of the text, readers will<br />
find guidance on incorporating hope into<br />
their own personal lives. The authors<br />
offer specific strategies to enhance attachment,<br />
mastery, and survival skills.<br />
An individual can increase his or her<br />
center of hope through healthy personal<br />
relationships with family, friends, and<br />
co-workers. The authors provide suggestions<br />
on overcoming hope barriers,<br />
such as extreme fear and hopelessness.<br />
For example, an individual suffering<br />
from fear of loss can be healed through<br />
increasing his or her hope for restoration.<br />
Likewise, fear of harm may be addressed<br />
by increasing hope for peace.<br />
After reading this book, social workers<br />
may be more inclined to use hope as<br />
a tool to help clients in their journey to<br />
wellness. The concepts of hope pre-<br />
Belief—continued from page 25<br />
Feiring, C., & Cleland, C. (2007). Childhood<br />
sexual abuse and abuse specific attributions of<br />
blame over 6 years following discovery. Child<br />
Abuse and Neglect, 31, 1169-1186.<br />
Hugen, B., & Scales, T. L. (Eds.). (2002). Christianity<br />
and social work: Readings on the integration of<br />
Christian faith and social work practice. (2nd ed.).<br />
Botsford, CT: North American Association of<br />
Christians in Social Work.<br />
Staller, K. M., & Nelson-Gardell, D. (2005). A<br />
burden in your heart: Lessons of disclosure from<br />
female preadolescent and adolescent survivors<br />
of sexual abuse. Child Abuse and Neglect, 29, 1415-<br />
1432.<br />
Ungar, M., Barter, K., McConnell, S. M., Tutty,<br />
L. M., & Fairholm, J. (2009). Patterns of abuse<br />
disclosure among youth. Qualitative Social Work,<br />
8, 341.<br />
sented by Scioli and Biller absolutely<br />
compliment the values of social work<br />
practice. Their views are applicable to<br />
all populations, including children and<br />
those suffering from serious medical<br />
problems. Social workers, counselors,<br />
nurses, and others who work in helping<br />
professions should consider incorporating<br />
the suggested hope building activities<br />
in their own lives to combat burnout and<br />
compassion fatigue.<br />
Overall, this book offers its readers<br />
an inspirational account of the power of<br />
hope and its usefulness in empowering<br />
and promoting wellness.<br />
Reviewed by Arlene M. Arias, LCSW, Clinical<br />
Social Worker, Connecticut Mental Health<br />
Center.<br />
Jason S. McKinney, LMSW, Ph.D. candidate,<br />
is currently studying human development at<br />
the University of Rochester. Jason supervises<br />
a therapeutic foster care program at Catholic<br />
Family Center in Rochester, NY, and is an<br />
adjunct professor of social work at the Greater<br />
Rochester Collaborative, State University of<br />
New York (Brockport) and Nazareth College,<br />
and also at Roberts Wesleyan College. Nicole<br />
Thomson, LMSW, graduated from Columbia<br />
University School of Social Work. She<br />
is on the staff at Catholic Family Center in<br />
Rochester, New York, a partner agency of the<br />
Bivona Child Advocacy Center in Rochester.<br />
<strong>In</strong> this role, Ms. Thomson is a member of the<br />
IMPACT multidisciplinary team housed at<br />
the child advocacy center.<br />
The Nonprofit Management Casebook:<br />
Scenes from the Frontlines<br />
by Gary M. Grobman, Ph.D.<br />
a collection of short stories that teach about issues and<br />
dilemmas in nonprofit organizations<br />
I really look forward to using these cases in my classes!<br />
Peter Dobkin Hall, Ph.D.<br />
Harvard University<br />
Hauser Center<br />
I want to commend you on putting this book together. It has been needed in<br />
the field for a very long time.<br />
Paul Govekar, Ph.D.<br />
Northern Ohio University<br />
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