Publisher's Synopsis
Finding My Professional Heart is by the author of the highly regarded Developing Reflective Practice.
It provides a guide to compassion and mindfulness for health and social care students and practitioners and a roadmap for developing compassionate practice.
Drawing on both neuroscientific research and the contemplative traditions, the book argues that compassion is not a competency that can be trained, but a way of practising care that can be cultivated and nurtured. It attempts to inspire the reader to become a compassionate practitioner by:
At the heart of health and social care is a healing
encounter between people, and this book aims to put compassion and humanity
back at the centre of care.