La formazione degli operatori alla relazione di cura: contesti, livelli e apprendimenti trasformativi

The chapter develops insights about the role of stories in caring relationships, the training of professionals and the development of knowledge, awareness and skills, thanks to the use of narrative methods, in settings of cooperative and participatory inquiry. At an individual level, the biographical origins of professional vocation/identity and its meaning can be explored thanks to stories, and more generally the subjective dimension of professional development can be focused on. At a more relational level, stories can be used to develop a better knowledge about the ongoing (caring) relationship. At an institutional level, and even a larger social and cultural level, these methods can foster a critical view of practices in care and bring to new forms of action.