The goal of this course is to broaden and deepen students' capacity to reflect on their practice of clinical social work - what they do, why they do it, and how it both reflects and affects who they are and what they believe about people's struggles and how people change. Social work's fundamental values and ethics, theoretical concepts and skills will provide the framework for the course. Individually, and in interaction with classmates, each student will consider his/her personal integration of social work's core principles and how to anticipate the development of these concepts over a career. Various clinical theories and models of intervention will be examined for how they mesh with both social work's and the students' basic beliefs and perspectives. Particular attention will be paid to increasing students' understanding of the impact of human diversity and the student's use of self in clinical practice. Assignments and class discussion will focus on material from participants' clinical experiences, interests and concerns. Limited to students in the Clinical Concentration or with consent of the instructor.