Social Work

Items

• therapy

  Structured process alleviating psychological distress.
• tolerance

  Acceptance of differing beliefs/behaviors.
• tradition

  Culturally transmitted beliefs/practices over time.
• transactional analysis

  Theory analyzing interaction ego states.
• transference

  Client redirecting past feelings onto practitioner.
• transgender/transexual

  Gender identity differing from assigned sex.
• transition

  Process moving between life phases/roles.
• turning point

  Critical event altering life trajectory.
• unconditional positive regard

  Accepting client without judgment/conditions.
• unit of analysis

  Research focus (individual/group/system).
• unit of attention

  Primary intervention focus/problem.
• universality

  Principle all humans share common needs/dignity.
• values

  Enduring beliefs guiding priorities/behavior.
• vicarious trauma

  Transformative negative effects from client trauma work.
• victim

  Person harmed by crime/abuse/disaster.
• violate

  Breach ethical/legal/professional standards.
• vision

  Aspirational image of desired future state.
• visioning

  Collaborative future goal/improvement imagining.
• vulnerability

  Susceptibility to harm/damage/exploitation.
• white paper for social welfare

  Policy document outlining welfare framework.
• white supremacy

  Ideology asserting white racial superiority.
• xenophobia

  Fear or hatred of foreigners.
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