Facing Danger in the Helping Professions : McGraw-Hill : 9780335245833 : 0335245838 : 16 Apr 2013 : Do you face dangerous behaviour in your work? How equipped are you to deal with whatever might be thrown at you?Dangerous behaviour is a very real threat to practitioners working across the helping professions. This innovative, accessible and theoretically informed book deals with the types of dangerous behaviour that helping professionals are likely to encounter and provides strategies and skills for dealing with these situations. Written for both students and practitioners in various disciplines, the book focuses on the immediate face-to-face management of interpersonal danger. Case studies allow the reader to place themselves in the incident and to reflect on what they might be thinking, feeling and doing in a given situation. Based on the author's dangerous behaviour training courses, this invaluable book will enable helping professionals to implement good practice while dealing wi