Worked up selves
Subtitle: personal development workers, self work, and therapeutic cultures
By: Elaine Swan.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230201361
Subjects: Maturation (Psychology); Personnel management
Description: "Drawing upon current literature on the history and politics of therapeutic cultures and upon original, qualitative research this book was produced in response to rapidly growing interest in the rise of new HRD practices such as coaching, soft skills training and personal development training"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Changing Selves History of Working the Self Therapeutic Cultures: Practices of Social Control or Self-Creation? Cultural Representations of Therapeutic Cultures Expert Relations Transformations of the Self Getting in Touch with their Feelings? Worked Up Selves Changing Selves History of Working the Self Therapeutic Cultures: Practices of Social Control or Self-Creation? Cultural Representations of Therapeutic Cultures Expert Relations Transformations of the Self Getting in Touch with their Feelings? Worked Up Selves.