The person of the practitioner

Abstract

I have struggled to find the 'right' topic for this edition's CPD. In the process however, I have managed to put a few possibilities for the future editions at the back of my mind. In the end I have chosen to use material that I have lived with over the last ten years since returning from a year as a Humphrey Fellow in the USA. Elements of this edition concern my personal story 0 and so I have to state from the outset that, although there are elements of objectivity, particularly in terms of the work of people that I quote, this is essentially subjective material. I trust that some of you who read this will find a few points of identification for yourselves. I hope that if anything I say offends you, you will recognise that I am talking about my own experience, and not even attempting to state 'universal truths' on behalf of others.