The Emotions of Social Workers

Introduction

1. Emotions and social work.

2. How to reflect and learn from emotionally rich experiences.

3. Shame: the strongest obstacle to reflective practice?

4. Anger: energy to overcome obstacles to effective help

5. Disgust: one of the least considered emotions in social work

6. Fear and risk in helping profession

7. Sadness: the darkest and most difficult of emotions also in social work?

8. Joy: source of learning and wellbeing for social workers

9. Emotions in social work education and supervision

10. Listen, learn and improve social work practice by mindfully listen to emotions