Post a description of what strengths-based and client-centered social work with clients with substance use disorders entails. Identify two or three elements of at least one other theoretical framework that you would like to integrate into your own practice with clients with substance use disorders. How will the addition of these theoretical elements be beneficial to your work with clients with substance use disorders? To what extent do these elements align with strengths-based and/or client-centered approaches?  

• Pomeroy, E.C, & Garcia, R. B. (2018). Direct practice skills for evidence-based social work: A strengths-based text and workbook. Springer Publishing Company.
  • Chapter 3, “Social Work Theories, Practice Models, and the Strengths-Based Direct Practice Framework Download Social Work Theories, Practice Models, and the Strengths-Based Direct Practice Framework” (pp. 32-55)
    Credit line: Direct Practice Skills for Evidence-Based Social Work: A Strengths-Based Text and Workbook, 1st Edition by Pomeroy, E.; Garcia, R. Copyright 2018 by Springer Publishing Company. Reprinted by permission of Springer Publishing Company via the Copyright Clearance Center. Licensed in 2023. 
• Mekonnen, A., & Lee, B. K. (2022). Social work in addiction: Opportunities andLinks to an external site. alliancesLinks to an external site.. Journal of Social Work Practice, 36(3), 303–316. https://doi.org/10.1080/02650533.2021.1964454