Relationship-Based Social Work: Getting to the Heart of Practice

Introduction. Adrian Ward, The Tavistock Centre, UK, Gillian Ruch, University of Southampton, UK, and Danielle Turney, University of Bristol, UK. Section 1. Setting Out the Terrain: Historical Trends, Conceptual Models and Frameworks. 1. The Contemporary Context of Relationship-Based Practice. Gillian Ruch. 2. Theoretical Frameworks Informing Relationship-Based Practice. Gillian Ruch. 3. The Use of Self in Relationship-Based Practice. Adrian Ward. Section 2. Working with the Relationship in Practice. 4. Only Connect...Building Relationships with Hard-to-Reach People: Establishing Rapport with Drug Misusing Parents and Their Children. Brynna Kroll, ARTEC Enterprises Ltd, UK. 5. Brief Encounters: Working in Complex, Short-Term Relationships. Ravi KS Kohli, University of Bedfordshire, UK and Jane Dutton, NHS Trust, UK. 6. Sustaining Relationships: Working with Strong Feelings I: Anger, Aggression and Hostility. Martin Smith, Buckinghamshire Social Services, UK. 7. Sustaining Relationships: Working with Strong Feelings II: Hopelessness, Despair and Depression. Clare Parkinson, University of East London, UK. 8. Sustaining Relationships: Working with Strong Feelings III: Love and Positive Feelings. Danielle Turney. 9. Long-Term Complex Relationships. Linnet McMahon. 10. Working with Endings in Relationship-Based Practice. Robin Solomon, The Tavistock Centre, UK. Section 3. Sustaining, Supporting and Developing Relationship-Based Practice in a Reflective Context. 11. The Learning Relationship: Learning and Development for Relationship-Based Practice. Adrian Ward. 12. Service-User Perspectives on Relationships. Mark Doel, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. 13. Relating and Relationships in Supervision : Supportive and Companionable or Dominant and Submissive? John Simmonds, British Association for Adoption and Fostering, UK. 14. What Future? Organisational Forms, Relationship-Based Social Work Practice and the Changing World Order. Andrew Cooper, The Tavistock Centre, UK. Conclusion. Danielle Turney, Adrian Ward and Gillian Ruch. Bibliography. About the Contributors.