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The Unmotivated, Unhappy and Unemployed. A Developmental Approach to the Individual Adult
Author(s) -
Sanders Catherine
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1467-8438
pISSN - 0814-723X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1467-8438.1988.tb01241.x
Subject(s) - psychology , poverty , interrupt , work (physics) , social psychology , developmental psychology , sociology , economic growth , computer science , economics , mechanical engineering , telecommunications , transmission (telecommunications) , engineering
Adult clients who present with depression, lack of motivation and inability to work can challenge therapists' ability to be influential. Demands by the wider system can lead the worker, into behaving in ways that perpetuate, rather than interrupt, these patterns and push the client further into poverty and despair. An approach to dealing with such difficulties is described and various theoretical explanations offered to explain its success. A case study elaborates its application.