Download or read book The Structural Approach to Direct Practice in Social Work written by Gale Goldberg Wood and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Structural social work assumes that clients are adequate people in untenable situations. The social worker must display active appreciation for the client's competence in telling about what does matter rather than what the practitioner thinks should matter.