The tidal model : a guide for mental health professionals / Phil Barker and Poppy Buchanan-Barker.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Preface -- Tales of shipwrecks and castaways -- Philosophical assumptions: a credo -- Throwing out the lifelines: the meaning of caring -- Manning the lifeboats: the tidal model in practice -- A map of the territory -- The self domain-the need for emotional security -- The assessment of suicide risk -- Engagement-supporting the self in crisis -- The world domain-planning holistic care -- The others domain-an anchor in the social world -- The lantern on the stern: individual care -- All hands to the pumps: group care -- Making waves: theoretical and philosophical undercurrents -- Origins and developments: in the shallows-in the deep -- The voyage from recovery to reclamation -- The ten commitments -- Epilogue