Experiential Learning for Professional Helpers A Residential Worksho
This book describes a series of ground-breaking residential workshops in therapeutic counselling in the 1960s, for people working in mental health and social care disciplines seeking to expand and deepen their reach. The work is unique in the scope of its
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Godfrey T. Barrett-Lennard
Experiential Learning for Professional Helpers
Godfrey T. Barrett-Lennard
Experiential Learning for Professional Helpers A Residential Workshop Innovation
Godfrey T. Barrett-Lennard Murdoch University Perth, Australia
ISBN 978-3-319-47918-7 ISBN 978-3-319-47919-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-47919-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017934514 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This book was advertised with a copyright holder in the name of the publisher in error, whereas the author holds the copyright. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover image © Martin Barred / Getty Cover design by Henry Petrides Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
This book springs from, brings into detailed view and reaches beyond an innovation that took place half a century ago, though it remains fresh in the human processes involved and up to date in this telling. Venturesome participants from across Australia converged for a novel developmental experience in the then rather isolated small city of Armidale in the New England region of New South Wales. They were drawn to an unfamiliar learning experiment on a new-forming path that their resulting experience helped to illuminate and define. We called the project they were drawn to a “workshop in therapeutic counselling.” Nearly all who came to it were already working in personal and social helping fields (and based in mental health disciplines) but keen to extend their capacities and personal reach in their work. The people conducting the workshop were exponents of new thinking and practice in counselling and psychotherapy. The workshops
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