Where:C= competencies, capacities, courage, character and P= promise, purpose, possibility, positive expectations and R= resources, resilience, relationships, resourcefulness, resolve, reserves (p. 10). Any type of holistic healing or helping must include all three life elements. Their interaction reflects the essential dynamics of a strengths-based perspective at work Saleebey, D. (Ed.). (2006). The Strengths Perspective in social work practice (4th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. |
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"The image [of survivors of troubled families]… will make you proud, fortify you against your pain, and instill the belief that you can live well despite a troubled past. It is the image of a resilient survivor—one who has suffered and one who prevails."
Steven and Sybil Wolin, The Resilient Self, 1993, p. 207
