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Research Review
Oct 5, 2024
Abstract
Already the heading of John Wheeler’s piece of work sounds very typical: an SF consultant thrown into an unclear situ- ation where people want many different things and are probably not extremely happy to be in a workshop with a consultant. Participants in service B had been marshalled by their organi- sation to be taught the SF approach. Clients of service A and service B had been very happy with service A’s use of the SF approach and now they wanted service B to use it, too. In the workshop John expected an eager-to-learn group mainly of service B members. However, as it turned out, most were from service A. John had also not been informed that service B prac- titioners might feel somewhat mandated to work with him. They also worked mainly with mandated clients whereas service A mainly worked with voluntary clients.