Section six - Summary
The Social Response Cycle resource

Now you've completed this resource, you'll have:

• considered your own motivations as a therapist for taking action in the face of social injustice 
• described the difference between social advocacy, social action and social entrepreneurship 
• conceptualised the differences between the professional and ethical frames of therapist and social entrepreneur  
• made an audit of your skills and the skills you need to develop for this context 
• identified ethical tensions within a social action project and ways to manage them 
• described the rationale behind and the structure of the Social Response Cycle 
• applied the Social Response Cycle to your own social action project 

Audio recording transcript

I hope you enjoy generating ideas for addressing social inequalities and, even more, I hope you enjoy making them happen. I chose the word “enjoy” because the projects I have been a part of have often been small but useful and they have brought me great satisfaction, companionship and gratitude.