Psychoanalytic theory for social work practice : thinking under fire / edited by Marion Bower.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bower, Marion, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It gives me great pleasure to write a preface for this book, which I hope will make asignificant contribution to the further development of social work in Britain and othercountries. The book is published at an important moment in the history of the social workprofession in Britain. For the first time social care workers are now part of a registeredprofession. In past decades the question of professional registration was often a subject ofheated debate between those who were convinced of its need if social work was toestablish itself within the multidisciplinary professional field, and those w

Contents:

Psychoanalytic theories for social work practice / Marion Bower

Psychoanalytic research and its relevance for social work practice / Steve Briggs

Racist states of mind: an attack on thinking and curiosity / Narendra Keval

Observation in social work practice / Biddy Youell

'Thinking in and out of the frame' : applying systemic ideas to social work with children / Gwyn Daniel

Individual brief psychotherapy with sexually abused girls and parallel support work with parents and carers / Julie Long, Judith Trowell and Gillian Miles

Double deprivation / Gianna Williams

Psychoanalytic perspectives on emotional problems facing parents of children with learning disabilities / David Simpson

The court, the couple and the consultant : is there room for a third position? / Judith Freedman

Dangerous cocktails : drugs and alcohol within the family / Martin Weegmann

Working with borderline personality disorder / Joseph Mishan

Working with families who see help as the problem / Marion Bower

Re-enactment as an unwitting professional response to family dynamics / Ronald Britton

Who cares for the carers : work with refugees / Maureen Fox

The containing function of supervision in working with abuse / Dick Agass.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-30467-6

9786610268382

1-134-30468-4

1-280-26838-7

0-203-34115-5

9780203341155

OCLC:

475906112