How to Succeed (and How to Fail) in the Helping Professions
How can we lead creatively, effectively and authentically in public sector organisations? This wide-ranging collection pulls together experts from across public life. From ambitious proposals on reforming child protection and social care, to person-informed essays on leading with emotion and dealing with blame, shame and trauma - this isn't a ......
This hands-on guide steps beyond initial professional training and dives into the vast world of workplace learning. Whether youre supervising students on placement or helping colleagues gain workplace qualifications, this handbook shows you how to give the best support and get the best results.
This book is the authoritative presentation of contextual emotion regulation therapy (CERT), an innovative intervention expressly designed for depressed children ages 7-13 and their parents.
Describes the essential interpersonal skills that social workers need in community practice and helps students cultivate them. Drawing from empirical literature on community social work practice and the author's own experience working with community organisers, the book focuses on developing the macro-level skills that are especially useful for ......
Designed for both students and newly-qualified social workers, this dip in and out of guide introduces students to over 60 key skills in a concise and no-nonsense way. Test your knowledge and how to apply skills in practice with Skills in Action, Stop, Reflect and Top Tips boxes.
This very practical guide will teach students everything they need to know to successfully apply theory, methods and approaches in real-life practice. It will assist in developing and hone their skills to make the best start in their practice placement and beyond as a newly qualified practitioner. To get the most out of this book, visit the companion website at https://www.study.sagepub.com/rogers2e to find journal articles, templates, 'how to' guides and brand new videos with discussion questions, and a glossary.
This acclaimed work, now in a new edition, has introduced tens of thousands of clinicians to mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for depression, an 8-week program with proven effectiveness. Step by step, the authors explain the "whys" and "how-tos" of conducting mindfulness practices and cognitive interventions that have been shown to ......
Celebrating the ageless ideals of the profession, this book throws a life belt to all social work students and professionals looking to engage with the critical tradition of social work to improve their understanding and practice.
A revealing account of a three-year therapy journey between a therapist and client, co-authored by them both. It sensitively presents the challenges that an adult survivor of childhood abuse had to overcome, and offers insight for therapists into how creative use of relational models of working paved the way for the clients healing.
