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Social workers as an action-oriented sociotherapist: an existential health discourse
Jönköping University, School of Education and Communication. Department of Social and Behavioral Science, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5091-2492
2022 (English)In: Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work, ISSN 1542-6432, Vol. 41, no 4, p. 425-436Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Abstract [en]

The purpose of this paper is to reinvigorate sociotherapy by contextualizing its practice within a logotherapeutic and an existential health discourse. This approach is used to enhance meaningfulness in life within the framework of a sociotherapy, through mindfulness practices such as body scanning, and greenspace activities such as walking and gardening. This discourse has been largely inspired by: 1) sociotherapy’s capacity to facilitate existential health; 2) the international research community’s struggle for a broader concept of health; 3) World Health Organization’s concept of existential health; and, 4) Frankl’s assertion that people must be understood holistically as physical, psychological, social,this paper is to reinvigorate and spiritual beings. This paper approaches the social worker as sociotherapist (SWS) from an ecological and systemic perspective, the aim being to move the client from an egoistic to a mindful and ecological mind-set.

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Taylor & Francis, 2022. Vol. 41, no 4, p. 425-436
Keywords [en]
logotherapy, mindfulness, social work, sociotherapy, walking, existential health, Foucauldian discourse analysis, meaning of life
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Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-58206DOI: 10.1080/15426432.2022.2103487ISI: 000835235800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85135206233Local ID: HOA;;825401OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-58206DiVA, id: diva2:1687671
Available from: 2022-08-16 Created: 2022-08-16 Last updated: 2023-10-09Bibliographically approved

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