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Making Sense of Social Work

Psychodynamics, Systems and Practice

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  1. Michael Preston-Shoot
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  2. Dick Agass
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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: concerns, curiosity and visions

    • Michael Preston-Shoot, Dick Agass
    Pages 1-16

  3. Defining the theory: psychodynamics

    • Michael Preston-Shoot, Dick Agass
    Pages 17-42

  4. Defining the theory: a systems approach

    • Michael Preston-Shoot, Dick Agass
    Pages 43-61

  6. Criticisms, myths and parodies

    • Michael Preston-Shoot, Dick Agass
    Pages 83-103

  7. Social work and society: downward spirals and double-binds?

    • Michael Preston-Shoot, Dick Agass
    Pages 104-128

  8. Making sense of social work tasks

    • Michael Preston-Shoot, Dick Agass
    Pages 129-161

  9. Supervision, consultation and individual and organisational tangles

    • Michael Preston-Shoot, Dick Agass
    Pages 162-190

  10. Postscript: openings into closed systems

    • Michael Preston-Shoot, Dick Agass
    Pages 191-194

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 195-220
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About this book

This book presents a combined psychodynamic and systems approach to social work practice offering a thorough exploration of the two theories, and applying them to a broad range of social work concerns.
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About the authors

Author Michael Preston-Shoot: Michael Preston-Shoot is an Independent Chair of both a safeguarding vulnerable adults board and a local safeguarding children board. He has researched and written extensively on social work law, and also on social work education and service user experiences of service provision.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Making Sense of Social Work

  • Book Subtitle: Psychodynamics, Systems and Practice

  • Authors: Michael Preston-Shoot, Dick Agass

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21040-4

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Michael Preston-Shoot and Dick Agass 1990

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 220

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Social Work

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