Carolyn Saari
Biographic Data
| ID | 4486774 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carolyn Saari |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carolyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Saari |
| SIGNATURE | SAARI C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Loyola University Chicago |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The process of learning in clinical social work
As a profession, social work has been particularly successful in turning out effective clinicians. This appears to have been largely due to its traditional educational practices, which included a h
The Role of the Environment in Psychoanalytic Theory
This article, relying on postmodern theories from psychoanalysis and developmental psychology, proposes that human beings first construct a picture of the environment in which they live and only after having done this can they construct a sense of identity, of who they are within that environment. It is asserted that we all function in multiple environments, with that of the treatment being one of them. A case example is presented to help explain…
"A Discussion of "Psychotherapy
On the Bus
This article provides a description of some of the experiences of the author and her family as native New Englanders living in Montgomery, Alabama, during the 1955 bus strike that led to the Civil Rights Movement. It shows how these experiences contributed to both a career in social work and to concerns over internalized racism
The Contribution of Relational Theory to Social Work Practice
Current relational theory is very consonant with traditional social work perspectives, particularly the importance of relationships and of the environment. Further, it is now possible theoretically to describe the manner in which human interactions and the environment are fundamental to identity using the concept of identity complexity. This article examines these ideas, showing the roots of the current developments in cognitive and constructioni…
The environment
Therapeutic dialogue as a means of constructing identity complexity
In consonance with current postmodern ideas, this article assumes that the meaning content involved in psychotherapy is created anew rather than uncovered in an examination of a repressed unconscious. Content in therapy is seen as formulated through a client/therapist dialogue in which the goal is increased identity complexity. Within these assumptions, the question of constraints on the meaning constructed is addressed and suggested guidelines f…
Intersubjectivity, language, and culture
This article proposes that the intersubjective sharing of external experiences is not only a basis for the acquisition of language, but is also the means by which a child learns how to participate in the creation and modification of cultural information within the individual's immediate environment. The inability to participate in human interactions involving cultural information is seen as an aspect of severe mental illness and a case is used to…
The concept of projective identification
Projective identification has become a popular concept with clinical social workers in part because it can serve as a bridge between the intrapsychic and the interpersonal. This paper argues, however, that it also has roots in an outmoded scientistic conception of the world. Narrative, a tradition which also has roots in Freud's work, is proposed as offering explanatory advantages in that it can capture clinical processes while providing bridges …
Affective symbolization in the dynamics of character disordered functioning
The process of learning in clinical social work
As a profession, social work has been particularly successful in turning out effective clinicians. This appears to have been largely due to its traditional educational practices, which included a h
The Contribution of Relational Theory to Social Work Practice
Current relational theory is very consonant with traditional social work perspectives, particularly the importance of relationships and of the environment. Further, it is now possible theoretically to describe the manner in which human interactions and the environment are fundamental to identity using the concept of identity complexity. This article examines these ideas, showing the roots of the current developments in cognitive and constructioni…
Intersubjectivity, language, and culture
This article proposes that the intersubjective sharing of external experiences is not only a basis for the acquisition of language, but is also the means by which a child learns how to participate in the creation and modification of cultural information within the individual's immediate environment. The inability to participate in human interactions involving cultural information is seen as an aspect of severe mental illness and a case is used to…
Therapeutic dialogue as a means of constructing identity complexity
In consonance with current postmodern ideas, this article assumes that the meaning content involved in psychotherapy is created anew rather than uncovered in an examination of a repressed unconscious. Content in therapy is seen as formulated through a client/therapist dialogue in which the goal is increased identity complexity. Within these assumptions, the question of constraints on the meaning constructed is addressed and suggested guidelines f…
Affective symbolization in the dynamics of character disordered functioning
The concept of projective identification
Projective identification has become a popular concept with clinical social workers in part because it can serve as a bridge between the intrapsychic and the interpersonal. This paper argues, however, that it also has roots in an outmoded scientistic conception of the world. Narrative, a tradition which also has roots in Freud's work, is proposed as offering explanatory advantages in that it can capture clinical processes while providing bridges …
Intersubjectivity, language, and culture
This article proposes that the intersubjective sharing of external experiences is not only a basis for the acquisition of language, but is also the means by which a child learns how to participate in the creation and modification of cultural information within the individual's immediate environment. The inability to participate in human interactions involving cultural information is seen as an aspect of severe mental illness and a case is used to…
Therapeutic dialogue as a means of constructing identity complexity
In consonance with current postmodern ideas, this article assumes that the meaning content involved in psychotherapy is created anew rather than uncovered in an examination of a repressed unconscious. Content in therapy is seen as formulated through a client/therapist dialogue in which the goal is increased identity complexity. Within these assumptions, the question of constraints on the meaning constructed is addressed and suggested guidelines f…
The environment
The Contribution of Relational Theory to Social Work Practice
Current relational theory is very consonant with traditional social work perspectives, particularly the importance of relationships and of the environment. Further, it is now possible theoretically to describe the manner in which human interactions and the environment are fundamental to identity using the concept of identity complexity. This article examines these ideas, showing the roots of the current developments in cognitive and constructioni…
On the Bus
This article provides a description of some of the experiences of the author and her family as native New Englanders living in Montgomery, Alabama, during the 1955 bus strike that led to the Civil Rights Movement. It shows how these experiences contributed to both a career in social work and to concerns over internalized racism
The Role of the Environment in Psychoanalytic Theory
This article, relying on postmodern theories from psychoanalysis and developmental psychology, proposes that human beings first construct a picture of the environment in which they live and only after having done this can they construct a sense of identity, of who they are within that environment. It is asserted that we all function in multiple environments, with that of the treatment being one of them. A case example is presented to help explain…
"A Discussion of "Psychotherapy
The process of learning in clinical social work
As a profession, social work has been particularly successful in turning out effective clinicians. This appears to have been largely due to its traditional educational practices, which included a h
Psychology (8 works) · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (7 works) · Psychoanalysis (6 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works)