Table of Contents

Introduction
What is reflective practice?
Personal values and assumptions: the ′wounded healer′
Culturally tinted lenses
Understanding people: theory and practice
Developments within reflective practice
Evaluating our practice
The vulnerable researcher: harnessing reflexivity for practice-based qualitative inquiry
Working towards transformative learning

About the Author

Sofie Bager-Charleson is a psychotherapist, supervisor and writer. She draws from psychoanalytic, existential and cognitive behavioural theory with a particular interest in postmodern influences on therapy. She holds a PhD from Lund University in Sweden, where she specialised in attachment issues within families and reflective practice amongst teachers. She writes both fiction and non-fiction. She works as the Director of Studies on the MPhil/PhD at Metanoia Institute and Module Leader on the DPsych. She runs workshops and courses in therapeutic practice, reflective and creative writing, in both Sweden and England.

Reviews

"Manages to convey very complex current thinking in an accessible way for students and it is supported by impressively wide range of up-to-date literature." (Lecturer, Anglia Ruskin University)