Emotion as a Skill: A Practical Methodology for Coping with Emotional Risks in Social Work.
Emotional risks are ubiquitous in social work practice and pose significant threats to the health and well-being of practitioners and clients. Emotional skills are recognized as the best practice approach for coping with these risks. However, existing research on emotional skills is almost all from...
| Publicado en: | Social Work Vol. 71; no. 2; pp. 139 - 148 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
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