In over sixty years of involvement in social workas practitioner supervisorteacher consultant and authorHelen Harris Perlman has become all but alegend. She has... » 

In over sixty years of involvement in social workas practitioner supervisorteacher consultant and authorHelen Harris Perlman has become all but alegend. She has served on national policy committees lectured around theworld and participated in pioneering social work programs and research. Herwideranging experiences enrich her vision of the social work professiontypically she is able to see the forest and the trees. Grounded inpsychodynamic and social theory lucid forthright and compassionate herwritings serve to inspire and guide experienced practitioners teachers andpresentday students.Looking Back to See Ahead offers pieces chosen for their centrality toPerlmans thinking on some of the major problems of social work practice andeducation. To each essay she has added her current informal comments.Refreshingly original is the section After Hours in which she captures insketches and verse the humor and heartache that are inevitable in anyprofession that deals with hurt and troubled people. «