The Case That Really Got To Me
We can’t take care of others if we can’t first take care of ourselves. That is the central theme of this pioneering book.
As a psychotherapist who for many years has worked alongside family lawyers, Christopher Mills sets out a model of professional supervision that focuses emotional support as much on the lawyers as on the clients they are trying to help. Only by accepting their vulnerability instead of hiding it behind a mask of expertise, he argues, can lawyers learn the true potential of their role – and avoid the risk of burnout.
‘The Case That Really Got To Me’ comprises six fictional dialogues that show how connections are made and new insights arrived at when family law client work is dynamically re-examined – and occasionally even relived – through the intimate medium of the supervisory relationship.
Compelling, touching, tense and at times heartbreaking, these stories go to the very core of what it means to be a family lawyer repeatedly facing the challenges, both public and private, of working up close with families in crisis.
‘Gripping … I missed my Metro stop’
‘A blend of deep intelligence and wonderful word-smithery’
