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So if we're not

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therapeutic agents for change,
then what are we?

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First of all, it's

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kind of obvious

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that we're not counselors or therapists,
even though I suppose we borrow

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a lot of ideas really valuable ideas
from those different fields.

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One of the ideas, in fact,
that I think we've borrowed,

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perhaps a little too,

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uncritically, is that social workers

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can be therapeutic agents of change.

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And when social workers fail

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to establish, a therapeutic relationship,

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which they inevitably do,
they then become demoralized

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And they and they either blame themselves
or they blame the system

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for not providing the context to build,

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the type of relationship
that they were told was possible.

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so I think we've got quite
an important task.

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and that is to clarify

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where
and how we can navigate relationships

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so that all parents who come into contact
with social workers are treated

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with dignity, respect,
and in a way that maximizes the chance

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of bringing about change.