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Throughout this book, significant emphasis is given to the nature of the working
relationship. The use of the self by practitioners within a working relationship is also
a theme that is prevalent throughout the chapters. This concept is not new. Social
work’s foundations are based on the use of the self within a working relationship:
‘casework’ (Hollis, 1972). This book does not aim to move away from these timeestablished
principles, while acknowledging that the socio-political context of social
work has not been static (Brearley, 1995; Brown, 2002). Rather, the scope of the
book is to incorporate traditional and post-modern therapeutic models into social
work practice. This can enhance insight into the presentation of problems and widen
the range of ‘lenses’ that we can use to understand communication (Hoffman, 1990).
Due to the broad scope of the book, each chapter only offers a beginning to making
sense of an approach and to applying it to practice. In all cases, further reading is
recommended. |
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