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This text advocates the active engagement of clients in their own lives and promotes the development of a shared sense of responsibility between client and carer. It focuses on the practical implications and use of dialogue, language and education in community care. The contributors examine the psychological significance of having a place of one's own, arguing that the client should be encouraged to participate actively in the provision of these, rather than remaining a passive recipient. They also discuss the practicalities of therapeutic community: how social interactions can be developed and how the tensions of communal living can be defused.

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Author:   Nadia Al-Khudhairy ,  Sarah Tucker ,  Emma Smith ,  Clare Saxon
Publisher:   Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Imprint:   Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Volume:   Vol 3
Weight:   0.299kg
ISBN:  

9781853027512

ISBN 10:   1853027510
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 April 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Introduction: On Why we need a Therapeutic Community Approach to Care in the Community, Sarah Tucker. 1. The Dwelling Place of Meaning. John Gale, Director of Social Work, CHT. 2. A Time to Speak, Clare Saxon, Project Worker, Lytton House, Putney. 3. Building a Home of One's Own, Kirsty Handover, Project Manager, Lexham House, Notting Hill. 4. The Meaning of Place: The Hyphen Ground Between Solitude and Communion, Anne Salway, Project Manager, Dainton House, Surbiton. 5. Care as the Source of Being, Emma Smith, Project Worker, Lexham House, Notting Hill. 6. Clearing Away Obscurities and Breaking Down Disguises, Kirsty Handover, Project Manager, Lexham House. 7. The Therapeutic Community as Schola, Anne Salway, Project Manager, Dainton House, Surbiton.8. The Changing Idea of Community, Nadia Al-Khudhairy, Project Manager, CHT's Home Base. Index.

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Sarah Tucker is Project Manager at Community Housing and Therapy's (CHT's) project in Putney, and CHT's Training Co-ordinator. A member of the Association of Therapeutic Communities Steering Group, she has published work on training for therapeutic community staff and is a contributor to Therapeutic Communities: Past, Present and Future. After graduating from University College London, she gained two Masters Degrees from Cambridge and worked as a university lecturer. She has trained with the Philadelphia Association, and is currently training at the Institute of Group Analysis.

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