TIDAL MODEL

However useful the history might be it represents only a professional account of the situation. This is similar to a description of a shipwreck by bystanders on the beach. In the Tidal Model we are interested in a personal account. We want to hear the story from the person who 'survived the shipwreck'... In the Tidal Model our aim is to help the person understand better the resources they already possess, what they have learned afresh about themselves over the time in care, so that they will have something to draw upon when confronted by new problems in living ‿or perhaps a return of the old ones... The Tidal Model has developed a specific theory of personhood. This is based around the 'storytelling' process involved where people talk to themselves (Self Domain), share something of the story of their lives with others (World Domain) and enact the living of their lives, influencing others and being influenced in turn by them (Others Domain).

Also known as: The Tidal Model

Primary location: Max Switzerland