Facing Danger in the Helping Professions: A Skilled Approach

A comprehensive guide for all those who face danger in their line of work.§Dangerous behaviour is a very real threat to practitioners working across the helping professions, and one that many feel ill-equipped to deal with. This innovative, accessible and theoretically informed book focuses on the types of dangerous behaviour that helping professionals are likely to encounter, and provides strategies and skills for dealing with these situations.§Written for both students and practitioners in various disciplines, the book focuses on the immediate face-to-face management of interpersonal danger, and it looks at ways in which helping professionals should implement good practice, while dealing with the moments of extreme stress, confusion, fear and anxiety that these situations give rise to. §Key Features § Based on the author s dangerous behaviour training courses§ Helps the reader to understand and control their reactions in moments of stress and effectively difuse situations§ Case studies are used throughout to allow the reader to place themselves in the incident and reflect on what they might be thinking, feeling and doing in a given situation. §