Natius Oelofsen is a consultant clinical psychologist trained in South Africa and the UK. He has worked in the UK’s NHS for 18 years in a variety of settings, including children’s services, adult mental health and learning disabilities. Currently, he is in full time private practice, specialising in mental health and neurodiversity across the life span. He runs the Psychology Consultancy (https://helpwithmentalhealth.net) which is a specialist provider of psychological help, consultancy and training to individuals, teams, and organisations in the public and private sectors.

• Acknowledgements; Preface; IntroductionPart 1: Introducing reflective practice 1. Reflecting on reflection: Theories and perspectives on Reflective Practice2. How to reflect: The reflective practitioner’s toolkitPart 2: Reflecting on the work in frontline services 3. Working with people’s stories: The role of narrative in frontline practice4. Shaping people’s lives part one: Attachment and family Influences5. Shaping people’s lives part two: Cross-generational influences and migrationExtended example 1: Narrative and forces shaping people’s lives6. Inside and outside working relationships: Boundaries in frontline practice7. Getting to the heart of the matter: Helping people change8. Reflecting on what is really important: Ethics and values in frontline practiceExtended example 2: Working with boundaries and changePart 3: Reflecting on emotion in frontline services9. Absorbing distress: Emotional Containment in frontline practice10. When strong feelings matter: Transference and countertransference in frontline practiceExtended example 3: Working with containment and transferencePart 4: Reflecting on staff support in frontline services11. All for one and one for all: Building supportive teams12. Making sense of tangles, twists, and turns: Effective case supervision in frontline practice13. When the going gets tough: Stress and burnout in frontline servicesExtended example 4: Stress and team supportReflecting in practice: a final wordReferencesIndex

Very useful and interesting methods.‘I bought this book due to being a Support Worker working with young adults with severe autism and as I am working my way towards a career in Psychology where you need to be able to reflect on your practice, so I thought if I start building the skills now, it will enable me to use them in the future. I really enjoyed this book, it has a lot of good examples of how to reflect on different situations and scenarios. I found it very useful and started writing a reflective learning/career journal as a result of reading this book. I think it is a really good read for anyone working in care or a medical profession as it really helps you to reflect on your working practices and experiences.’Amazon reviewer

Natius Oelofsen is a consultant clinical psychologist trained in South Africa and the UK. He has worked in the UK’s NHS for 18 years in a variety of settings, including children’s services, adult mental health and learning disabilities. Currently, he is in full time private practice, specialising in mental health and neurodiversity across the life span. He runs the Psychology Consultancy (https://helpwithmentalhealth.net) which is a specialist provider of psychological help, consultancy and training to individuals, teams, and organisations in the public and private sectors.

• Acknowledgements; Preface; IntroductionPart 1: Introducing reflective practice 1. Reflecting on reflection: Theories and perspectives on Reflective Practice2. How to reflect: The reflective practitioner’s toolkitPart 2: Reflecting on the work in frontline services 3. Working with people’s stories: The role of narrative in frontline practice4. Shaping people’s lives part one: Attachment and family Influences5. Shaping people’s lives part two: Cross-generational influences and migrationExtended example 1: Narrative and forces shaping people’s lives6. Inside and outside working relationships: Boundaries in frontline practice7. Getting to the heart of the matter: Helping people change8. Reflecting on what is really important: Ethics and values in frontline practiceExtended example 2: Working with boundaries and changePart 3: Reflecting on emotion in frontline services9. Absorbing distress: Emotional Containment in frontline practice10. When strong feelings matter: Transference and countertransference in frontline practiceExtended example 3: Working with containment and transferencePart 4: Reflecting on staff support in frontline services11. All for one and one for all: Building supportive teams12. Making sense of tangles, twists, and turns: Effective case supervision in frontline practice13. When the going gets tough: Stress and burnout in frontline servicesExtended example 4: Stress and team supportReflecting in practice: a final wordReferencesIndex

Very useful and interesting methods.‘I bought this book due to being a Support Worker working with young adults with severe autism and as I am working my way towards a career in Psychology where you need to be able to reflect on your practice, so I thought if I start building the skills now, it will enable me to use them in the future. I really enjoyed this book, it has a lot of good examples of how to reflect on different situations and scenarios. I found it very useful and started writing a reflective learning/career journal as a result of reading this book. I think it is a really good read for anyone working in care or a medical profession as it really helps you to reflect on your working practices and experiences.’Amazon reviewer

Natius Oelofsen is a consultant clinical psychologist trained in South Africa and the UK. He has worked in the UK’s NHS for 18 years in a variety of settings, including children’s services, adult mental health and learning disabilities. Currently, he is in full time private practice, specialising in mental health and neurodiversity across the life span. He runs the Psychology Consultancy (https://helpwithmentalhealth.net) which is a specialist provider of psychological help, consultancy and training to individuals, teams, and organisations in the public and private sectors.

• Acknowledgements; Preface; IntroductionPart 1: Introducing reflective practice 1. Reflecting on reflection: Theories and perspectives on Reflective Practice2. How to reflect: The reflective practitioner’s toolkitPart 2: Reflecting on the work in frontline services 3. Working with people’s stories: The role of narrative in frontline practice4. Shaping people’s lives part one: Attachment and family Influences5. Shaping people’s lives part two: Cross-generational influences and migrationExtended example 1: Narrative and forces shaping people’s lives6. Inside and outside working relationships: Boundaries in frontline practice7. Getting to the heart of the matter: Helping people change8. Reflecting on what is really important: Ethics and values in frontline practiceExtended example 2: Working with boundaries and changePart 3: Reflecting on emotion in frontline services9. Absorbing distress: Emotional Containment in frontline practice10. When strong feelings matter: Transference and countertransference in frontline practiceExtended example 3: Working with containment and transferencePart 4: Reflecting on staff support in frontline services11. All for one and one for all: Building supportive teams12. Making sense of tangles, twists, and turns: Effective case supervision in frontline practice13. When the going gets tough: Stress and burnout in frontline servicesExtended example 4: Stress and team supportReflecting in practice: a final wordReferencesIndex

Very useful and interesting methods.‘I bought this book due to being a Support Worker working with young adults with severe autism and as I am working my way towards a career in Psychology where you need to be able to reflect on your practice, so I thought if I start building the skills now, it will enable me to use them in the future. I really enjoyed this book, it has a lot of good examples of how to reflect on different situations and scenarios. I found it very useful and started writing a reflective learning/career journal as a result of reading this book. I think it is a really good read for anyone working in care or a medical profession as it really helps you to reflect on your working practices and experiences.’Amazon reviewer