Practising Spirituality
Reflections on meaning-making in personal and professional contexts
Published on 2. December 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 198 pages
978-1-137-55684-4 (ISBN)
Description
This book will act as a guide for all students and practitioners who are required to teach and practice ethically with people of all faiths and cultures. Applying theory to day-to-day practice, each chapter draws on the contributors' own experiences with spirituality in practice and is enriched with engaging practice examples and case studies.
Reviews / Votes
"The collection is well organized and brings a new focus on such concepts as mindfulness, being present and available to clients, and acceptance, and emphasizes the connection between spirituality and the values on which the social work profession was founded. This easy read would be of great benefit to all students and professionals who ever questioned what place spirituality should have in their professional practice. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries." (M. R. Jenkins, Choice, Vol. 55 (3), November, 2017)More details
Series
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
316 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-55684-4 (9781137556844)
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-55685-1
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Laura Beres
Practising Spirituality
Reflections on Meaning-Making in Personal and Professional Contexts
E-Book
03/2017
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€31.99
Available for download
Person
Laura Béres is MSW, PhD, is Associate Professor at the School of Social Work, King's University College, Western University, Canada. She trained as a narrative therapist at the Dulwich Centre, Australia.
Content
1. What is spirituality and how does it relate to professional practice? Laura Béres.- 2. Finding Fundamental Meaning through Critical Reflection; Jan Fook.- 3. Spiritual influences on practice: the interaction between being a Quaker and the development of a critical spirituality Fiona Gardner.- 4. What spirituality can contribute to social work education: reflections on teaching and living Rose Pulliam.- 5. Mana Moana: Healing the V?, developing spiritually and culturally embedded practices Karlo Mila.- 6. Being with different beings: social work and trans-species spirituality Cassandra Hanrahan.- 7. Being with different beings: social work and trans-species spirituality Maria Cheung.- 8. Mindfulness for practitioners: bringing attention and awareness to personal and professional experience Lisa McCorquodale.- 9. The Rule of Saint Benedict: considering hospitality, and welcoming spaces in contemporary therapeutic practice Laura Béres.- 10. Utilising Availability and Vulnerability to operationalise spirituality Melanie Rogers.- 11. Spirituality in palliative care Bruce Rumbold.- 12. A few concluding thoughts Laura Béres.