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In this section, you have the opportunity to begin looking at and seeking to understand yourself as a health and social services practitioner. Health and social services work is very personal work. You take your beliefs, values, attitudes, life history, previous experiences, cherished theories—in other words, all of you—to every aspect of and setting for your practice. “Wherever you go, there you are!” (Elsdon, 1998).
Key Themes: What I believe about change. choice and practice ... What theoreticalorientations guide my practice ... My evolution in practice ...
Reflections: I have been a clinical social worker for 25 years. When I look back at my work. I laugh and then cry. What took me so long to figure this out? Do I have it figured out? I suspect that today is another beginning ...
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Ricks, F., Charlesworth, J. (2003). Emergent-Self as Practitioner. In: Emergent Practice Planning. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0203-6_3
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