Nina Rovinelli Heller
Biographic Data
| ID | 5133698 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nina Rovinelli Heller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nina Rovinelli |
| FAMILY NAME | Heller |
| SIGNATURE | HELLER N R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Connecticut |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Risk, Hope and Recovery
The management of risk in the work with people with suicidal thoughts and behaviours is fraught with difficulties. Across the globe, deaths by suicide have been increasing and social workers are often on the front lines of suicide prevention. In response to heightened risk and vulnerability, many agency and national policies reflect a risk-dominated paradigm of practice. At the same time, the recovery movement has been influential in the move tow…
Octogenarian Reports of Lifetime Spiritual Experiences
This study assessed lifetime histories of discrete spiritual experiences recalled by 144 octogenarian men studied since adolescence and 80 spouses. Women were more likely to report discrete spiritual experiences, as were those from higher socioeconomic backgrounds and those judged more open to experience as young adults. Factor analysis revealed four types of experiences related to beauty/nature, negative life events, protection by a sacred other…
Constructivism
The authors propose that constructivism provides a theoretical framework suitable for the complexities of contemporary social work practice. The specific focus is on the areas of confluence of cognitive‐behavioral and psychodynamic theory and technique. Building on their earlier work on psychotherapy integration, the authors extend their notion of “starting where the client is,” is in fact a constructivist concept, critical to the meaning‐making …
The slippery slope of constructivism
While constructivism as both a philosophy and a clinical practice is being embraced by many individual and family practitioners, it remains controversial. This paper examines the difficulties one encounters in trying to balance the client's “relative truths” with those around them, including that of the therapist. Through the use of clinical vignettes, the authors demonstrate the difficulties inherent in dealing with ambiguities in the clinical s…
Assessment of cognitive schemas and attributions in psychodynamic treatment∗
The authors draw upon cognitive‐behavioral, psychodynamic, and the integrative theories and literature to propose assessment guidelines which pay attention to the understanding and use of cognition in treatment. They demonstrate how the careful assessment of schemas and attributions, when completed as part of a general ego psychological assessment, engages the client, facilitates the integration of historical and current affects and events, and o…
Risk, Hope and Recovery
The management of risk in the work with people with suicidal thoughts and behaviours is fraught with difficulties. Across the globe, deaths by suicide have been increasing and social workers are often on the front lines of suicide prevention. In response to heightened risk and vulnerability, many agency and national policies reflect a risk-dominated paradigm of practice. At the same time, the recovery movement has been influential in the move tow…
The slippery slope of constructivism
While constructivism as both a philosophy and a clinical practice is being embraced by many individual and family practitioners, it remains controversial. This paper examines the difficulties one encounters in trying to balance the client's “relative truths” with those around them, including that of the therapist. Through the use of clinical vignettes, the authors demonstrate the difficulties inherent in dealing with ambiguities in the clinical s…
Assessment of cognitive schemas and attributions in psychodynamic treatment∗
The authors draw upon cognitive‐behavioral, psychodynamic, and the integrative theories and literature to propose assessment guidelines which pay attention to the understanding and use of cognition in treatment. They demonstrate how the careful assessment of schemas and attributions, when completed as part of a general ego psychological assessment, engages the client, facilitates the integration of historical and current affects and events, and o…
Constructivism
The authors propose that constructivism provides a theoretical framework suitable for the complexities of contemporary social work practice. The specific focus is on the areas of confluence of cognitive‐behavioral and psychodynamic theory and technique. Building on their earlier work on psychotherapy integration, the authors extend their notion of “starting where the client is,” is in fact a constructivist concept, critical to the meaning‐making …
The slippery slope of constructivism
While constructivism as both a philosophy and a clinical practice is being embraced by many individual and family practitioners, it remains controversial. This paper examines the difficulties one encounters in trying to balance the client's “relative truths” with those around them, including that of the therapist. Through the use of clinical vignettes, the authors demonstrate the difficulties inherent in dealing with ambiguities in the clinical s…
Octogenarian Reports of Lifetime Spiritual Experiences
This study assessed lifetime histories of discrete spiritual experiences recalled by 144 octogenarian men studied since adolescence and 80 spouses. Women were more likely to report discrete spiritual experiences, as were those from higher socioeconomic backgrounds and those judged more open to experience as young adults. Factor analysis revealed four types of experiences related to beauty/nature, negative life events, protection by a sacred other…
Risk, Hope and Recovery
The management of risk in the work with people with suicidal thoughts and behaviours is fraught with difficulties. Across the globe, deaths by suicide have been increasing and social workers are often on the front lines of suicide prevention. In response to heightened risk and vulnerability, many agency and national policies reflect a risk-dominated paradigm of practice. At the same time, the recovery movement has been influential in the move tow…
Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Cognition (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Constructivism (international relations (2 works) · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Political science (2 works)