SWP 50A/B Lecture 5: Week 5- Profitt

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SWP 50A/B
• Professor: Jennifer Ajandi

Document Summary

Profitt argues that there needs to be a critical, collective notion of self-care which goes beyond individualizing the issues. Institutional parameters: negotiations of boundaries, victims of violence. Self-care: approach, strategies, & practices aimed at caring for oneself. : purposeful use of practices to enhance personal well-being & healthful functioning. Critical, collective signals the need to think about self-care that goes beyond individual. Recognize larger social & political context of existing inequalities. Refers to our unique individual biographies, personalities, internal states & experiences. Notion of personal also encompasses understanding of multiple social identities. Our place in relations of power in sw practice. *must interrogate professional discourse of objectivity & assumptions of distance. *challenge managerial discourse that relies on individual notions of self-care. Individual gets blamed for poor coping skills & burnout .