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When individuals have difficult intersections with themselves, significant others, or their social contexts, they can benefit from therapeutic assistance. There are many therapists from many disciplines who work with individuals and their emotional problems and disorders. These include psychiatrists, psychologists, and clinical social workers, among others. They all have special roles. This chapter will focus on a sociological approach that has as a theoretical base, symbolic interaction and the sociology of emotions. The intervention involves cognitive restructuring and reframing symbolic representations and definitions of self and situations.
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Johnson, B.C. (2001). Work with Individuals. In: Rebach, H.M., Bruhn, J.G. (eds) Handbook of Clinical Sociology. Clinical Sociology: Research and Practice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1217-2_6
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