Answer to Question #217135 in Psychology for Nqoqo

Question

1.1 In your own words, briefly discuss the meaning of each principle underlying the strengths perspective mentioned below and how it applies to working with individuals. Substantiate your answer by providing one example for each of the principles mentioned.  a) Every individual, group, family, and community has strengths.  

Answer 1

Every person, group, family, and community has assets. According to Swenson (2021), everyone possesses an intrinsic power that can be described as life force and transformational capacity. The individual, as well as the individual's surroundings, is examined in a strength-based approach. The strength-based approach, for example, examines how systems are set up, particularly where power imbalances exist between a system or service and the people it is supposed to serve.

References

Swenson, I., Gates, T. G., Dentato, M. P., & Kelly, B. L. (2021). Strengths-based behavioral telehealth with sexual and gender diverse clients at Center on Halsted. Social Work in Health Care, 60(1), 78-92.