Elaine Swan - Worked Up Selves: Personal Development Workers, Self Work and Therapeutic Cultures

Thanks to Paul Milner, Virgina Thorp and Ursula Gavin at Palgrave, particularly to Paul for all his patience.

I would like to thank the Womens PhD Pressure Group for their emotional support, and love of Happy Hour cocktails: Sue Eccles, Carole Elliott, Caroline Gatrell, Ellie Hamilton, Valerie Stead, Sharon Turnbull and Helen Woodruffe. A special thanks to Caroline Gatrell, Ellie Hamilton and Valerie Stead for reading and commenting on chapters and for being such inspiring academics and friends. Thank you too, Andy Bailey, my colleague in MDD for providing much needed good humour and practical support over the years.

A big thanks to Jackie Stacey for supervising my PhD, providing unstinting encouragement and warm support over a very long time.

A special mention goes to David Cripps and Sarah Vogel for their interest in the book and debates on therapeutic cultures. Furthermore, Id like to thank all of the practitioners interviewed for this research, who gave up their time to share their insights and experiences so generously with me.

Thanks to Sparky and the late departed Gretchen for being so furry.

Finally, I am indebted to Steve Fox for his untiring support and vigorous confidence in me.

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