This innovative volume introduces Twinleys concept of The Dark Side of Occupation. Focused on less explored and under-addressed occupations, it is an idea which challenges traditional assumptions around the positive, beneficial, health-promoting relationship between occupation and health.
Emphasising that peoples individual experiences of occupations are not always addressed and may not always be legal, socially acceptable, or conducive to good health, the book investigates how these experiences can be explored theoretically, in practice and research, and in curriculum content for those learning about occupation. Beginning with a discussion of some assumptions and misunderstandings that have been made about the concept, the substantive chapters present and analyse tangible examples of the concepts applicability. This ground-breaking and practice-changing text provides ideas for future research and highlights contemporary, internationally relevant issues and concerns, such as the coronavirus pandemic.
This book is an essential purchase for students in occupational therapy and science, and valuable supplementary reading for practitioners. It is also relevant to a wide interdisciplinary audience with an interest in human occupation, encompassing anthropologists, councillors, criminologists, nurses, and human geographers.
1.The Dark Side of Occupation: An introduction to the Naming, Creation,
Intent, and Development of the Concept Section I Theorising the Dark Side of
Occupation 2.The Dark Side of Occupation: Accumulating Insights from
Occupational Science 3.The Dark Side of Occupation: An Historical Review of
Occupational Therapy 4.The Whole of the Moon: How Our Occupational Lens Helps
or Hinders Our Exploration of the Dark Side of Occupation 5.Ontological and
Epistemological Considerations in Understanding Occupations in Extreme and/or
Oppressive Contexts: "Doing Non Violent Resistance" in Palestine Section II
Researching the Dark Side of Occupation 6.Homelessness and Occupation
7.Occupational Transition from Smoker to Non-Smoker: The Perceived
Consequences in Womens Lives 8.Self-Defeating Behaviour in an Individual
with Borderline Personality Disorder from An Occupational Perspective
9.Exploring the Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse Trauma in the Context of the
Occupation of Work Section III Occupational Therapy Practice 10.Challenges
for Occupational Therapists Working with Clients who Choose Illicit, Immoral
or Health-Compromising Occupations 11.Substance Use and Recovery as Part of
Daily Life: A Zimbabwean Perspective of Substance Use as an Occupation among
Young Adults Living with HIV 12.The Dark Side of Occupation in an Eating
Disorder Intensive Day Service 13.Occupational Engagement in Forensic
Settings: Exploring the Occupational Experiences of Men Living within a
Forensic Mental Health Unit 14.The Development of an Assessment which
Provides a Practical Application of the Concept of the Dark Side of
Occupation for Practitioners and Students Section IV Occupational Therapy
Education 15.Occupational Therapy Sounds Too Nice: Reflections from a
Recently Trained Occupational Therapist 16.The Dark Side of Studying at
University 17.How the Dark Side of Occupation can be Instructed in a Course:
Learning from Occupational Therapy 18.Not Everything is Rosy and Not Everyone
Wants to Fix their Garden: An Australian Example of Integrating the Dark Side
of Occupation into Curriculum for Final Year Students 19.The Value of
Exploring the Dark Side of Occupation in Pre-Registration Occupational
Therapy Education, Using Homelessness as a Case Study 20.The Dark Side of
Occupation: A Conversation of our Evolution and our Future
Rebecca Twinley (known to many as Bex) recently took up the post of Senior Lecturer on the Occupational Therapy Programme at the University of Brighton. Bex is creator of the concept The Dark Side of Occupation, which has been attracting increasing global attention. Bex has been an approved member of the Occupational Therapy Europe Register of Experts in the area of dark side of occupation since May 2019. Her doctoral work focused on the lack of acknowledgement regarding a form of sexual offending that had been ignored: woman-to-woman rape and sexual assault. She enjoys thinking critically, challenging norms and assumptions, or just the plain and obvious lack of address of issues that impact upon people and their subjective experiences of occupations. Bex lives in East Sussex, UK and works at the University of Brighton, which she calls her "occupational home".
