Helping Families in Family Centers: Working at Therapeutic Practice

Ward, Edited

ISBN 10: 1853028355 / ISBN 13: 9781853028359

Edité par Jessica Kingsley Pub, 2001

A propos de cet article

The book is a comprehensive guide for family centre workers, and for all social workers working with children and families. Based on a psychodynamic approach emphasising the central importance of attachment in relationships, the book also applies systemic ideas and the 'therapeutic community' approach to the overall design of the centres. Editor(s): McMahon, Linnet; Ward, Adrian. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JKSB; JMH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 435. . 2001. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .

N° de réf. du vendeur V9781853028359

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Helping Families in Family Centers: Working at Therapeutic Practice
• Éditeur: Jessica Kingsley Pub
• Date de parution: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1853028355
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781853028359
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: New

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Synopsis

The first text to look in detail at the delivery and management of therapeutic work in family centres, this much-needed book gives practical guidance for professionals working with children and families. The contributors show how family centres form a key element of `joined-up' work with families in need, providing both practical and emotional support for parents as well as children.

Based on a psychodynamic approach emphasising the central importance of attachment in relationships, the book also applies systemic ideas and the `therapeutic community' approach to the overall design and management of the centres. Particular examples of therapeutic interventions discussed include play therapy with children, systemic work with black families, working with men, and early intervention. The book is a comprehensive guide for family centre workers, their managers and senior managers, and for all social workers working with children and families. As family centres are becoming an increasing focus for multi-agency work, health visitors, teachers, and mental health professionals should also find the book useful, as should policy makers at all levels.

À propos des auteurs

Linnet McMahon is Lecturer in Social Work at the University of Reading and has written the Handbook of Play Therapy (1992) and co-edited, with Adrian Ward, Intuition is Not Enough: Learning for Therapeutic Practice in Child Care (1998). She has worked in and written extensively about family centres.

Adrian Ward works is the Programme Director of the qualifying MA in Social Work at the Tavistock Centre, London. His background is in residential child care and he has written extensively about residential care, group care and therapeutic approaches to social work, and co-edited several books in this field; he was editor of the journal Therapeutic Communities from 1999 to 2005.