Conflict resolution for the helping professions second edition

That ability to talk about your conflicts must provide for a great deal of peace and harmony. The ability to find peaceful resolution is, indeed, a blessing. Goad, M. Upon reading this statement I began to reflect back to my childhood in effort to address the manner in which conflicts were successfully solved or avoided in my family. As children my siblings and I had no influential power.

Our parents ruled with an Iron fist with the motto that children were to be seen, spoken to, and not heard. As long as they provided food, clothing and shelter for us then there was no logical reason for my brother, sister, and I to challenge their axiological system of reasoning when it came to rearing children and maintaining the family household. Additionally, we grew up attending church on a regular basis which resulted in the entire family adopting a Biblical worldview as the major foundation for our social behavior.

There would be no rock and roll on Sunday, no demand for an allowance, and teenage romance was strictly forbidden. My Christian upbringing left me feeling very powerless and I suspect that my siblings felt the same. Fortunately we were blessed with a loving grandmother who simply amazed us. What my siblings and I noticed was that our grandmother held a significant amount of power over our father and we would use her as leverage to negotiate our concerns especially when it came the new phenomenon called television.

As I recall, when it came to corporal punishment my grandmother would administer it rather than have my parents get involved.

I live alone with no immediate family therefore my personal conflicts are few in my personal life. However, as an active church member I find that the conflicts that I incur are church related which tend to resolve themselves through the power of prayer and pastoral negotiations.

I find it interesting to think that living alone with no immediate family would imbue a life without conflict. It does sound as if your youth inspired you to be more reserved and less confrontational by nature — accommodating and avoiding conflict Barsky, In my periods of living alone, I found myself seeking interaction, and thus conflict.

It makes me wonder if I am, by nature, a more confrontational person. There is a lot of power in keeping to oneself. Parker, V. Home » Categories » Computers. Reference Barsky, A. GRANT: I am the oldest of four children who lived in a single parent, low socioeconomic status household in the south. Deb References Barsky, A.

Meagan: What a blessing to be raised in the church. Reading from cover to cover would result in a more complete experience and a more thorough understanding of the information presented.

Overall Conflict resolution for the helping professions covers the topic of interest well. It offers a solid foundation of relevant information and practical guidance, making it an informative read for anyone professionally involved in the area. It is a particularly good resource for student education, professional development and group supervision in the area. Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory think More information about this seller Contact this seller.

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Go directly to our online catalogue. Buy Print Edition. New to this Edition Reflects critical changes in the fields of mediation, negotiation, facilitation, and advocacy over the past 10 years, including updated research and the inclusion of evidence-based practice Completely new chapters on the theoretical bases of conflict resolution, restorative justice, family mediation, and transformation mediation The chapter on negotiation has been divided into 4 chapters, one providing a generic framework for negotiation, and the others focusing on power-based, rights-based, and interest-based negotiation The new modular format allows professors and instructors to choose which methods and models to emphasize in a particular course.