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Trust and Understanding: the person-centred approach to everyday care for people with special needs - Softcover
Synopsis
The basic principles of the Person-Centred Approach are described by Marlis Pörtner with regard to everyday work in many care settings. Based on her many years of experience with staff in different communities and institutions and her therapeutic work with people with special needs Marlis illuminates more humane ways of working with people with learning disabilities, the elderly, those in hospital and others suffering serious mental distress.
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About the Author
Marlis Pörtner, worked in theatre and as an editor and translator, before becoming a psychotherapist. After the 'family years' she studied psychology and has worked for twenty years as a psychotherapist in her own practice. She has always had in her client caseload some people with special needs. She also works as a consultant and supervisor for several social services and is often invited by communities and homes to do workshops for the staff to introduce the concept of 'Trust and Understanding'. She has published a number of books, originally in German, that have been translated into several languages, and numerous articles for professional journals. She was married for more than twenty years, has a daughter and a son, both adult, and two grandsons.
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