By
John Swain, BSc, PGCE, MSc, PhD, Principal Lecturer (Research) and Reader in Disability Studies, Faculty of Health, Social Work and Education, University of Northumbria, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Jim Clark, MA, CertEd, AdDipDrama, SpecEd, Head of Arts Education, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne UK
Sally French, MCSP, DipTP, BSc, MSc(Psych), MSc(Soc), PhD, Senior Lecturer, School of Management and Social Sciences, King Alfred's College of Higher Education, Winchester, UK
Karen Parry, Bed, PhD, Inter Agency Development Officer, Sunderland City Council, Tyne and War, UK
Frances Reynolds, BSc, Dip Psych Couns, PhD, Lecturer in Psychology and Rehabilitation Counselling, Department of Health Studies, Brunel University, Isleworth, UK
Description
This book explores the provision and practice of professional support and refers to the processes of enabling relationships between participants:
professionals and clients. It also invokes the power of relationships to empower and construct change.