The contact worker primer
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Bibliographic Information
The contact worker primer
（Steps in counselling, suppl. . Counselling primers）
PCCS Books, 2007
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The contact worker primer : a concise, accessible, comprehensive introduction to pre-therapy and the work of Garry Prouty
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [116]-119) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"The Contact Work Primer" brings the work of Garry Prouty and his associates to a general readership. Covering both Pre-Therapy and contact work, this book is the first English-language publication to introduce the full range of applications, including individual counselling/psychotherapy, institutional psychiatric settings, work with special needs and learning disabilities, and dementia care. For everyone, qualified and unqualified, who wants to be more effective in their work with contact-impaired clients. The most accessible introduction to this most important development in helping. This new Counselling Primer series from PCCS Books, supplementary to the bestselling Steps in Counselling series, is suitable for both beginners and higher level students who want a succinct boost to their knowledge of a particular area. Beginners will find the style companionable and reassuring, while more advanced readers will appreciate the incisive and authoritative writing with pointers for further reading and resources. Trainers will find the series a dependable learning aid.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1 In the beginning is psychological contact Pete Sanders2 Introducing pre-therapy Pete Sanders3 Understanding and doing pre-therapy and contact work Pete Sanders4 A carer's experience of pre-therapy and contact work Catherine Clarke5 In and out of contact: therapy with people in the 'grey zone' Lisbeth Sommerbeck6 Contact work in a residential psychiatric setting Dion Van Werde7 Pre-therapy, contact work and dementia care Penny Dodds8 Pre-therapy and contact work for people with learning and other mental disabilities Marlis Portner9 Learning and teaching pre-therapy contact reflections Penny Dodds10 Research into pre-therapy and contact work Pete SandersAppendix resources for learningGlossary
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