ABSTRACT
This book presents cutting edge developments in Adult Mental Health through the presentation of creative and innovative applications of systemic theory to practice. The first section deconstructs the medical model with some of the current beliefs and practices shaping services whilst placing adult mental health in a wider social and political context. The second half of the book showcases good practice from the field. At either end of the volume "bookends" invite current clients and staff to write about their experiences with the aim of bringing a powerful personal context into the work. We intend to create a shift from third person objectivity to a first person experience as a political act which flows through the book.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|125 pages
Outside in: A Stance Towards Theory
part I|62 pages
part II|61 pages
Constructing Alternative Positions
part Two|146 pages
Inside Out: An Appreciation of Practice
part I|74 pages
Space In Tight Corners: Practice-Based Examples
part II|70 pages
Privileging the Voice of the Client and Therapist