ABSTRACT
This book provides an analysis of the meaning of safety and security across the contexts of community and public life, throughout the life span, and within a therapeutic framework, examining threats and the strategies for coping with them.
The book starts in Part I with a discussion of general safety and security concepts in the socio-cultural context. Part II of the book details the role of a sense of security in psychological assistance, psychotherapy and supervision, while Part III centres on safety and security at different life stages. Drawing on the tenets of modern attachment theory and trauma theory, chapter authors address questions of safety, danger, and protection for both individuals and groups, across a variety of fields of knowledge and expertise. Themes such as loneliness, play and exploration, evil and forgiveness, health and death, and spirituality and healing are discussed as practice examples, learning points, and tips.
A wide range of health and social care professional practitioners will find this book useful in exploring social, interpersonal, and psychological aspects of safety and security.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|65 pages
Safety and security in the world
chapter Chapter 2|12 pages
Looking for a safe self in a dangerous world
chapter Chapter 3|12 pages
When home becomes a threat
chapter Chapter 4|11 pages
Living with climate change and environmental crisis
part II|60 pages
Safety and security in the community context
chapter Chapter 6|13 pages
“I am still scattered”
chapter Chapter 7|12 pages
‘We will keep you safe'
chapter Chapter 8|12 pages
Safety and danger in an intensive care context
chapter Chapter 10|11 pages
Spirituality
part III|98 pages
Safety and security in a couple and family context