Transformational empathy : erasing the space between us and them / Tracy Robinson Whitaker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whitaker, Tracy Robinson, 1961- Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service--Psychological aspects.

Social service.

Social workers.

Empathy.

social workers.

empathy.

Physical Description:

viii, 93 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington DC : NASW Press, [2026]

Summary:

"For social workers, who are well versed in empathy, "they're not like us" provides a placating and artificial idea of our own virtue, superiority, and goodness, and of the inherent deficits of the people we serve. The result is a reality in which social workers would not want to receive their own services, which may be inadvertently demeaning, demoralizing, or stigmatizing. This book challenges the readers' core beliefs, values, and assumptions about both themselves and the people and communities they serve. With transformational empathy, social workers can erase the space between "us" and "them," dismantling the artificial divide between the social worker and the client. At a systems level, transformational empathy is about exponentially improving systems of care to become caring systems"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Welcome to social work

Understanding the power of social work

The audacity of helping

How much does help cost?

There goes the neighborhood

Welcome home

Better than nothing

Erasing the space.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Whitaker, Tracy Robinson, 1961- Transformational empathy

ISBN:

9780871016355

0871016354

OCLC:

1569078404

Publisher Number:

90104788616