This book hopes to:- help busy practitioners understand the current social care climate, and how they can best use such understanding in their work with involuntary service users- raise the profile of involuntary clients, who are sometimes disliked, and often misunderstood- counteract the demoralisation of workers caused by overwork, constant criticism, and stress- offer a diy training course, which includes information, implications for practice, and substantial exercises to ground the theory- highlight the positive threads interwoven in the current scene