Heideggerian existentialism and social work practice with death and survivor bereavement

Kominkiewicz, Frances Bernard

doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2005.12.004

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“…Because time is the ultimate horizon of our being, it ultimately means that we are the beings which pass, and therefore death is of fundamental concern. As such, death is a phenomenon of life for Heidegger (Kominkiewicz, 2006;Jirasek & Veselesky, 2013). Because death haunts life as such, it means that anxiety is also a principle mode of our existing in a world.…”

Section: Phenomenologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…To think of service users in a dispositional sense, or beingaffected in innumerable ways, will allow the social worker to gain an illuminated sense of who they are engaging with, what matters to said individuals, as well as a sense of the possibilities that are latent in their current situation. (Kominkiewicz, 2006;Jirasek & Veselesky, 2013).…”

Section: Phenomenologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…If we consider the moods of the service user not as naturalised or objective, i.e., as detached and 'out there' in the external world, nor if we consider the service user in a subjective psychological sense, as merely holding a 'state-of-mind' that is there to be fixed, but instead through discerning that which is both pre-objective and pre-subjective, namely, the sense of being part of a world, being alienated from a world, having a stake in a world. To think of service users in a dispositional sense, or being-affected in innumerable ways, will allow the social worker to gain an illuminated sense of who they are engaging with, what matters to said individuals, as well as a sense of the possibilities that are latent in their current situation (Kominkiewicz, 2006;Jirasek & Veselesky, 2013).…”

Section: Phenomenologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Embodied Social Work Practice Within Risk Society

Smeeton

O’Connor

2019

Journal of Social Work

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This paper critically discusses the limitations of theorising social work from psychological and sociological perspectives and argues that phenomenology offers more opportunity to understand the embodied experiences of service users and social workers themselves. The paper argues that psychology and sociology have a limited analysis of being-in-the-world, which ought to be social work’s primary consideration. The paper offers an overview of the sociology of risk before embarking on an extensive description and discussion of Heidegger’s and Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology applied to the lived experience of child protection social workers working within risk society. The argument is put that phenomenology is a useful tool for understanding the lived experience of social work practitioners. Findings: The authors conclude that embodied social work practice containing fear and anxiety can be thought of as akin to taking part in extreme risk sports and that this is an unhealthy experience that is likely to skew decision-making and adversely affect the lives of social workers and service users. Applications: The authors argue that phenomenology can enhance understanding of practice and decision-making and offers insights into the lived experience of social workers. Phenomenology is useful for helping social workers negotiate risk-saturated environments, through a focus on meaning.

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Section: Phenomenologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Phenomenologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Phenomenologymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Embodied Social Work Practice Within Risk Society

Smeeton

O’Connor

2019

Journal of Social Work

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“…Heidegger's thought features rarely in the social work literature and where it does there is a tendency for it to be focused around authenticity as being-toward death (Jira´sek and Veselesky, 2013;Kominkiewicz, 2006). This fundamental ontology of Heidegger's argues that only man knows and cares about his own mortality and therefore can be the only creature said to have being in the world or Dasein.…”

Section: Heidegger's Phenomenologymentioning

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“A murky business”: A phenomenological ontology of risk in child protection social work

Smeeton

2018

Qualitative Social Work

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This paper is based upon ongoing theoretical work by the author. A growing number of academics are starting to problematise social work within a risk paradigm by highlighting the impact this has on how service user's experiences are atomised into units of risk, rather than having their needs understood as members of families and communities. This paper seeks to develop this discussion by offering a theoretical examination of risk from a phenomenological perspective by unpacking some of the underlying constructions of risk. Using Heidegger’s work this paper attempts to first of all undertake an ontology of risk and then to examine its usefulness in the UK child protection context. The author argues that working within a risk paradigm obscures rather than clarifies understanding. The approach is rooted in an argument that “phenomenology” is the natural home of social work which is interested in the lived experiences of people within their environments or “being-in-the-world”.

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“…Kominkiewicz (2006: 48), varoluşçu düşünürlerden Heidegger'in varoluş felsefesini ele aldığı makalesinde, Heidegger'in varoluşçu görüşünün kuramsal temellerinin sosyal hizmet literatüründe çok az yer aldığını belirtmektedir. Bunun yanında, varoluşçu yaklaşıma dayalı uygulamaların sosyal hizmet alanlarında başarılı bir şekilde ele alındığını belirten Kominkiewicz (2006), felçli hastaların sağaltımında (Nilsson, Jansson ve Norberg, 1999), klinik sosyal hizmet uygulamasında (Klugman, 1997), adölesanlarla gerçekleştirilen çalışmalarda (Chessick, 1996;Hacker, 1994), yaşlılara yönelik sosyal hizmet uygulamalarında (Brown ve Romanchuk, 1994), aile tedavisinde (Boylin ve Briggie, 1987;Haldane ve McCluskey, 1982;Kaye, 1986;Lantz, 1987;Lantz ve Kondrat, 1997), evli çiftlerle yapılan uygulamalarda (Lantz, 1999), çocuk istismarında (Brown, 1980), sosyal hizmet süpervizyonunda (Walsh, 1999), madde kullananların sağaltımında (Ford, 1996), savaş gazileri ile gerçekleştirilen çalışmalarda (Lantz, 1991;Lantz ve Greenlee, 1990) ve sosyal hizmet eğitiminde (Dean ve Fenby, 1989;Peebles ve Suval, 1983) kullanıldığını belirtmektedir. Fraternali (1998: 65), varoluşçuluğa psikoloji ve psikoterapide oldukça fazla yer verilirken (Frankl, 2009;Yalom, 1980;May, 1961), sosyal hizmetin varoluşçu anlayıştan özellikle kaçındığını belirtmektedir.…”

Section: Varoluş Felsefeleri̇ Ve Sosyal Hi̇zmetunclassified

Existential Philosophy, Existential Therapy and Social Work

Çelik

2018

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

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Varoluş felsefeleri, insanı ve insan yaşamını açıklamaya çalışan felsefi akımları temel alarak; ancak onlardan farklılaşan önemli nitelikleri ile günümüz insanının sorunlarına yönelen ve tek bir tanımlamayla anılması mümkün olmayan, kimilerine göre bir felsefe yapma tarzını kimilerine göre ise bir felsefi iklimi ifade etmektedir. En yalın ifadeyle, insanı nesne gibi ele alan ve yorumlayan yaklaşımlara tepki olarak, insanın biricik ve otantik oluşu özelliği ile tanımlanması gereken bir varoluş olduğunu belirten varoluşçu görüş, pek çok insanî soruyu ele alıp işleyerek "öz-varoluş ilişkisi", "varlığın ve hayatın anlamı", "özgür iradenin insan davranışlarındaki rolü", "sınırsız özgürlük ve sorumluluk", "varoluşsal anksiyete" gibi pek çok konuda açıklamalarda bulunmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, varoluş felsefelerine ve temel niteliklerine ilişkin genel bilgilere, artan ve karmaşıklaşan insan sorunlarının çözümünde önemli açıklamalar getirmesi dolayısıyla terapide yer bulan varoluşçu analizin özelliklerine ve odağı insan, insan sorun ve ihtiyaçları olan sosyal hizmet disiplin ve mesleğinin varoluş felsefeleri ile olan ilişkisine yer verilmektedir.

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Heideggerian existentialism and social work practice with death and survivor bereavement

Cited by 8 publications

References 17 publications

Embodied Social Work Practice Within Risk Society

Embodied Social Work Practice Within Risk Society

“A murky business”: A phenomenological ontology of risk in child protection social work

Existential Philosophy, Existential Therapy and Social Work

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