Despite the reality that many of those individuals who enter the field of social work are
wounded healers, research in this field pertaining to the local context is lacking. This …

This conceptual paper proposes that ecological systems thinking offers unique perspectives
to frame a vision and model for organisational leadership in the profession and wider social …

Many social service and healthcare professionals are often challenged in engaging in
culturally appropriate practice, particularly when working with diverse populations that differ …

This paper explores how coaching supervision develops the coach's ability to use themself
effectively and successfully in coaching work. The aim is to contribute to the important …

This thesis takes a feminist approach to researching the use of self with fifteen cisgendered
professional youth and community workers who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or queer …

This research is a narrative analysis of Taiwan clinical social workers' professional selves in
their helping process. According to interviews, the two roles of clinical social workers involve …

This article describes the dramatic change in purpose in a group supervision that was faced
with an economic crisis. For 7 years the group flourished, providing clinical and emotional …

This quantitative study used the Rotterdam Emotional Intelligence Scale (Pekaar et al.,
2018), the Scales of Psychological Wellbeing (Ryff, & Keys, 1995), and the Spiritual Maturity …

From the late 1980s, the social work profession in Aotearoa New Zealand experienced
transformational changes amounting to a revolution. Neo-liberal policies introduced by …