NUMBER 9 • 25 APRIL 2002 • ACCEPTANCE
INDEX OF QUOTES
I think we would agree that this attitude of acceptance which implies acceptance of oneself as another, perhaps more fortunate, human being, is the starting point for all who would work in an individual way with other people be they social workers in residential work or casework agencies or psychiatrists or psychotherapists in clinics. Here at least we all meet, and on this basis we develop our differing skills according to the requirements of the setting in which we work and the role which this demands of us. For me, the attitude of acceptance as I have described it here is the hallmark of the professional worker in any therapeutic setting, whatever his or her training, or lack of it.
— C. WINNICOTT
Winnicott, C. (1964) Casework and the residential treatment of children. Child Care and Social Work. Hitchin, Hertfordshire: Codicote Press, p.30