References on Empowerment

  1. Adams, R. (2003). Social work and empowerment (3 rd ed.). Palgrave Macmillan.
  2. Christens, B. D. (2012). Toward relational empowerment. American Journal of Community Psychology, 50(1-2), 114-128.
  3. Dominelli, L. (2004). Social work: Theory and practice for a changing profession. Polity.
  4. Healy, K., & Leonard, P. (2000). Responding to uncertainty: Critical social work education
    in the postmodern habitat. Journal of Progressive Human Services, 11(1), 23-48.
  5. Lee, J.A.B. (2001). The empowerment approach to social work practice: Building the
    beloved community. Columbia University Press.
  6. Miley, K.K., O’Melia, M., & DuBois, B.L. (2004). Generalist social work practice: An
    empowering approach. Pearson Education.
  7. O’Melia, M. (2002). From person to context: The evolution of an empowering practice. In
    M. O’Melia & K.K. Miley (Eds.), Pathways to power: Readings in contextual social work
    practice (pp. 1-14). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
  8. Pease, B. (2002). Rethinking empowerment: A postmodern reappraisal for emancipatory
    practice. British Journal of Social Work, 32, 135-147.
  9. Pease, B., & Fook, J. (1999). Postmodern critical theory and emancipatory social work
    practice. In B, Pease, & J, Fook. (Eds.), Transforming social work practice: postmodern
    critical perspectives (pp. 1-22). Routledge.
  10. Peterson, N. A., & Zimmerman, M. A. (2004). Beyond the individual: Toward a nomological
    network of organizational empowerment. American Journal of Community Psychology, 34(1-
    2), 129-145.
  11. Smith, R. (2008). Social work and power. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  12. Solomon, B.B. (1976). Black empowerment: Social work in oppressed communities.
    Columbia University Press.
  13. Thompson, N. (2007). Power and empowerment. Russell House.
  14. Wendt, S., & Seymour, S. (2009). Applying post-structuralist ideas to empowerment:
    Implications for social work education. Social Work Education, 29(6), 670-682.
  15. Zimmerman, M. A. (2000). Empowerment theory: Psychological, organizational, and
    community levels of analysis. In J. Rappaport & E. Seidman (Eds.), Handbook of Community
    Psychology (pp. 43–63). Kluwer Academic/Plenum.

References on Parent Work


References on An Existential Approach to Parent Work

  1. Chan, T.S. (2000). A narrative analysis of men’s interpretation of their fathering experience
    (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  2. Cooper, M. (2003). Existential therapies. Sage.
  3. Hannush, M.J. (2002). Becoming good parents: An existential journey. State University of
    New York Press.
  4. Hills, M.D., & Knowles, D.W. (1987). Providing for personal meaning in parent education
    programs. Family Relations, 36(2), 158-162.
  5. Jacobsen, B. (2007). Invitation to existential psychology: A psychology for the unique human
    being and its applications in therapy. John Wiley & Sons.
  6. Lantz, J. (2000). Meaning-centered marital and family therapy: Learning to bear the beams
    of love. Charles C Thomas.
  7. Lantz, J. (2004). Worldview concepts in existential family therapy. Contemporary Family
    Therapy, 26(2), 165-178.
  8. May, R. (1983). The discovery of being: Writings in Existential Psychology. W.W. Norton.
  9. May, R., & Yalom, I. (2000). Existential psychotherapy. In R.J. Corsini & D. Wedding
    (Eds.), Current psychotherapies (6 th ed.). Peacock Publishers.
  10. Reker, G.T., & Chamberlain, K. (Eds.). (2000). Exploring existential meaning: Optimizing human
    development across the life span (pp. 39-58). Sage.
  11. Spinelli, E. (2007). Practising existential psychotherapy: The relational world. Los Angeles:
    Sage.
  12. Walters, D.A. (2008). Existential being as transformative learning. Pastoral Care in
    Education, 26(2), 111-118.
  13. Yalom, I.D. (1982). Existential psychotherapy. Basic Books.
  14. Yalom, I. D., & Leszcz, M. (2020). The theory and practice of group psychotherapy. Basic
    books.
  15. Wong, P.T.P. (Ed.). (2012). The human quest for meaning: Theories, research, and
    applications (2nd ed.) (pp. 619-648). Routledge.

References on a Systemic Approach to Parent Work

  1. Broderick, C.B. (1993). Understanding family process: Basics of family systems theory.
    Newbury Park: Sage
  2. Ingoldsby, B.B., Smith, S.R., & Miller, J.E. (2004). Exploring family theories. California:
    Roxbury Publishing Company.
  3. Ma, J. L., Wong, M. M., Wan, E. S., & Wong, T. Y. (2011). An alternative way of helping
    Chinese parents with parenting difficulties: learning from the participants’ feedback on the
    multiple family groups in Hong Kong. Social Work with Groups, 34(2), 158-174.
  4. Ma, J. L., Wan, E. S., & Wong, M. M. (2013). Experiencing multiple family groups in a
    Chinese context: the clients’ perception of its helpful and unhelpful impact. Journal of Social
    Work Practice, 27(1), 47-62.
  5. McCubbin, H. I., & Sussman, M. B. (2014). Social stress and the family: Advances and
    developments in family stress therapy and research (Vol. 6, No. 1-2). Routledge.
  6. McGoldrick, M., Preto, N. A. G., & Carter, B. A. (2013). Expanded Family Life Cycle, The:
    Individual, Family, and Social Perspectives. Pearson Higher Ed.
  7. Minuchin, S. (1996). Mastering family therapy: Journeys of growth and transformation. John
    Wiley & Sons Ltd.
  8. Nichols, M.P. (2008). Family therapy: Concepts and methods (8 th ed.). Boston: Allyn &
    Bacon.
  9. Patternson, J.M., & Garwick, A.W. (1994). Level of meaning in family stress theory. Family
    Process, 33, 287-304.
  10. Patterson, J.M. (2002). Integrating family resilience and family stress theory. Journal of
    Marriage and Family, 64(May), 349-360.
  11. Roberts, T.W. (1994). A systems perspective of parenting: The individual, the family, and the
    social network. Pacific Grove, Calif.: Brooks/Cole.
  12. Satir, V. (1988). The new peoplemaking. Science and Behavior Books.
  13. von Bertalanffy, L.V. (1973). General system theory: Foundations, development,
    applications. George Braziller.
  14. Walsh, F. (1998). Strengthening family resilience. The Guiford Press.
  15. White, J.M., & Klein, D.M. (2008). Family theories (3 rd ed.). Sage.

References on a Narrative Approach to Parent Work

  1. Adler, J.M. (2012). Living into the story: Agency and coherence in a longitudinal study of
    narrative identity development and mental health over the course of psychotherapy. Journal
    of Personality and Social Psychology, 102(2), 367-389.
  2. Crossley, M.L. (2000). Introducing narrative psychology: Self, trauma and the construction
    of meaning. Open University Press.
  3. Dean, R. G. (1998). A narrative approach to groups. Clinical Social Work Journal, 26(1),
    23–37.
  4. Freedman, J. & Combs, G. (1996). Narrative therapy: The social construction of preferred
    realities. W.W. Norton.
  5. Lange, R. (2004). Using narrative therapy in an educational parenting group. Groupwork,
    14(1), 63-79.
  6. Gilbert, M.C. & Beidler, A.E. (2001). Using the narrative approach in groups for chemically
    dependent mothers. Social Work with Groups, 24, 101-115.
  7. McAdams, D. P., & McLean, K. C. (2013). Narrative identity. Current Directions in
    Psychological Science, 22(3), 233–238.
  8. McLeod, J. (1997). Narrative and psychotherapy. Sage.
  9. Pals, J. L., & McAdams, D. P. (2004). The transformed self: A narrative understanding of
    posttraumatic growth. Psychological Inquiry, 15(1), 65–69.
  10. Polkinghorne, D. E. (1988). Narrative knowing and the human sciences. Suny Press.
  11. Polkinghorne, D. E. (1996). Transformative narratives: From victimic to agentic life
    plots. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 50(4), 299–305.
  12. Polkinghorne, D. E. (2004). Narrative therapy and postmodernism. In L. E. Angus & J.
    McLeod (Eds.), The handbook of narrative and psychotherapy: Practice, theory, and
    research (pp. 53–68). Sage Publications.
  13. Tilsen, J. (2007). We don’t need no education: Parents are doing it for themselves. Journal of
    Progressive Human Services, 18(1), 71-87.
  14. Vassilieva, J. (2016). Narrative psychology: Identity, transformation and ethics. Springer.
  15. White, M., & Epston, D. (1990). Narrative means to therapeutic ends. WW Norton.

References on a Transformative Approach to Parent Work

  1. Brookfield, S.D. (2005). The power of critical theory: Liberating adult learning and
    teaching. Jossey-Bass.
  2. Christopher, S., Dunnagan, T., Duncan, F., & Paul, L. (2001). Education for self-support:
    evaluating outcomes using transformative learning theory. Family relations, 50(2), 134-142.
  3. First, J.A. & Way, W.L. (1995). Parent education outcomes: insights into transformative
    learning. Family Relations, 44, 104-109.
  4. Griffith, B.A., & Frieden, G. (2000). Facilitating reflective thinking in counselor education.
    Counselor Education and Supervision 40(2): 82-93.
  5. Lam, C.M. (2003). Parent education: Revision and vision. Asian Journal of Counselling
    10(2): 147-168.
  6. Lam, C.M., & Kwong, W.M. (2012). The paradox of empowerment in parent education: a
    reflexive examination of parents’ pedagogical expectations in an action research project.
    Family Relations, no. 61, 65-74.
  7. Lam, C., & Kwong, W. (2014). Powerful parent education practitioners and powerless
    parents: The ‘empowerment paradox’ in parent education. Journal of Social Work, 14(2),
    183–195. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017313477779
  8. Leung, T. T. F., & Lam, C. M. (2009). The warrants of parenting: Emotionality and
    reflexivity in economically disadvantaged families. Journal of Social Work Practice, 23(3),
    353–367. doi:10.1080/02650530903102767
  9. Mayo, P. (2003). A rationale for a transformative approach to education. Journal of
    Transformative Education, 1(1), 38-57.
  10. Mezirow, J. (2000). Learning as Transformation. Jossey-Bass.
  11. Schon, D. A. (1983). The reflective practicioner: How professionals think in action. Basic
    Books.
  12. Sokol, A.V., & Cranton, P. (1998). Transforming, Not Training. Adult Learning, 9(3), 14-16.
  13. Taylor, E.W., & Cranton, P. (2012). The handbook of transformative learning: Theory,
    research, and practice. Jossey-Bass.
  14. Taylor, E.W. (2007). An update of transformative learning theory: A critical review of the
    empirical research (1999-2005). International Journal of Lifelong Education, 26(2), 173-191.
  15. Wright, K. N., & Wooden, C. (2013). An evaluation of a parent-developed, parent-run parent
    education program. Journal of Family Social Work, 16(2), 164–183.

References on Youth Work


References on a Humanistic Approach to Youth Work

  1. Bryant-Jefferies, R. (2004). Counseling young people: Person-centred dialogues. Radcliffe
    Medical Press.
  2. Carlson, L.A. (2003). Existential theory: Helping school counselors attend to youth at risk for
    violence. Professional School Counseling, 6(5), 310-315.
  3. DeRobertis, E.M. (2011). Existential-humanistic and dynamic systems approaches to child
    development in mutual encounter. The Humanistic Psychology, 39, 3-23.
  4. Fitzgerald, B. (2005). An existential view of adolescent development. Adolescence, 40(160),
    795-799.
  5. Hacker, D.J. (1994). An existential view of adolescence. Journal of Early Adolescence,
    14(3), 300-327.
  6. Himelstein, S. (2011). Engaging the moment with incarcerated youth: An
    existential–humanistic approach. The Humanistic Psychologist, 39(3), 206-221.
  7. Parrish, M.S., Stanard, R.P., & Cobia, D.C. (2008). Using existential-humanistic approaches
    in counseling adolescents with inappropriate sexual behaviors. Journal of Humanistic
    Counseling, Education and Development, 47, 26-40.
  8. Patterson, C. H., & Hidore, S. C. (1997). Successful psychotherapy: A caring, loving
    relationship. Jason Aronson.
  9. Payne, M. (2011). Humanistic social work: Core principles in practice. Illinois.
  10. Raskin, N.J., & Rogers, C.R. (2000). Person-centered therapy. In R.J. Corsini & D. Wedding
    (Eds.), Current psychotherapies (6 th ed.). F.E. Peacock Publishers.
  11. Rogers, C.R. (1995). On becoming a person: A therapist’s view of psychotherapy. Houghton
    Mifflin Company.
  12. Scalzo, C. (2010). Therapy with children: An existential perspective. Karnac.
  13. Smyth, D. (2013). Person-centred therapy with children and young people. Sage.
  14. Ticktin, S. (1997). Friendship, therapy, camaraderie – an existential approach to therapy with
    young people. In S. du Plock (Ed.), Case studies in existential psychotherapy and counseling
    (pp.12-27). John Wiley & Sons.
  15. Wong, P.T.L., & Wong, L.C.J. (2012). A meaning-centered approach to building youth
    resilience. In P.T.P. Wong (Ed.), The human quest for meaning: Theories, research, and
    applications (585-617). Routledge.

References on an Ecological Approach to Youth Work

  1. Allen-Meares, P. (2004), An ecological perspective of social work services in schools. In P.
    Allen-Meares (Ed.), Social work services in schools (4 th ed., pp.71-94). Pearson.
  2. Arat, G., Hoang, A. P., Jordan, L. P., & Wong, P. W. (2016). A systematic review of studies
    on ethnic minority youth development in Hong Kong: An application of the ecological
    framework. China Journal of Social Work, 9(3), 218-237.
  3. Asakura, K. (2016). It takes a village: Applying a social ecological framework of resilience
    in working with LGBTQ youth. Families in Society, 97(1), 15-22.
  4. Benard, B. (1997). Fostering resiliency in children and youth: Promoting protective factors in
    the school. In D. Saleebey (Ed.), The strengths perspective in social work practice (pp. 133-
    149). Longman.
  5. Clancy, J. (1995). Ecological school social work: The reality and the vision. Social Work in
    Education, 17(1), 40-47.
  6. Derksen, T. (2010). The influence of ecological theory in child and youth care: A review of
    the literature. International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, 1(3/4), 326-339.
  7. Fergus, S., & Zimmerman, M.A. (2005). Adolescent resilience: A framework for
    understanding healthy development in the face of risk. Annual Review of Public Health, 26,
    399-419.
  8. Germain, C.B. (1999). An ecological perspective on social work in the schools. In R.
    Constable, S. McDonald, & J.P. Flynn (Eds.), School social work: Practice, policy and
    research perspectives (4 th ed., pp. 33-44). Lyceum.
  9. Johns, D. F., Williams, K., & Haines, K. (2017). Ecological youth justice: Understanding the
    social ecology of young people’s prolific offending. Youth Justice, 17(1), 3-21.
  10. Lee, F.W.L. (2011). Nurturing pillars of society: Understanding and working with the young
    generation in Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press.
  11. Monkman, M.M. (1999). The characteristic focus of the social worker in the public schools.
    In R. Constable, S. McDonald, & J.P. Flynn (Eds.), School social work: Practice, policy and
    research perspectives (4 th ed., pp. 45-63). Lyceum.
  12. Wakefield, J.C. (1996). Does social work need the eco-systems perspective? Part 1. Is the
    perspective clinically useful? Social Service Review, 70, 1-32.
  13. Wakefield, J. C. (1996). Does social work need the eco-systems perspective? Part 2. Does the
    perspective save social work from incoherence?. Social Service Review, 70(2), 183-213.
  14. Ungar, M. (2006). Strengths-based counseling with at-risk youth. Thousand Oaks.
  15. Zolkoski, S.M., & Bullock, L.M. (2012). Resilience in children and youth: A review.
    Children and Youth Services Review, 34, 2295-2303.

References on a Critical Approach to Youth Work

1. Belton, B. (2010). Radical youth work: Developing critical perspectives and professional
judgement. Russell House.
2. Chiu, S.W.S. (2005). Rethinking youth problems in a risk society: Some reflections on
working with “youth-at-risk” in Hong Kong. In F.W.L. Lee (Ed). Working with youth-at-risk
in Hong Kong. Hong Kong University Press.
3. Fook, J. (1993). Radical casework: a theory of practice. Allen & Unwin.
4. Fook, J. (2002). Social work: Critical theory and practice. Sage.
5. Healy, K (2000). Social work practices: Contemporary perspectives on Change. Sage.
6. Fitzsimons, A., Hope, M., Cooper, C., & Russell, K. (2011). Empowerment and participation
in youth work. Learning Matters Ltd.
7. France, A. (2007). Understanding youth in late modernity. Open University Press.
8. Jennings, L. B., Parra-Medina, D. M., Hilfinger-Messias, D. K., & McLoughlin, K. (2006).
Toward a critical social theory of youth empowerment. Journal of Community
Practice, 14(1-2), 31-55.
9. Lavie-Ajayi, M., & Krumer-Nevo, M. (2013). In a different mindset: Critical youth work
with marginalized youth. Children and Youth Services Review, 35(10), 1698-1704.
10. Rogowski, S. (2014). Radical/critical social work with young offenders: Challenges and
possibilities. Journal of Social Work Practice, 28(1), 7-21.
11. Rossiter, A. B. (1995). Teaching social work skills from a critical perspective. Canadian
Social Work Review, 12(1), 9-27.
12. Rossiter, A.B. (1996). A perspective on critical social work. Journal of Progressive Human
Services, 7(2):23-41.
13. Seal, M., & Harris, P. (2016). Responding to youth violence through youth work. Policy
Press.
14. Tsang, N.M. (2000). Dialectics in social work. International Social Work, 43(4), 421-434.
15. Wong, V. (2004). From personal to structural: Towards critical change in youth work
practice. Youth Studies Australia, 23(3), 10-16.