1. Why We Need a Biopsychosocial Perspective with Vulnerable, Oppressed, and At-Risk Clients; 2. Making It Thinkable; 3. "We're Cool, You and Me"; 4. If I Feel Judged by You, I Will Not Trust You; 5. Making a Difference; 6. Navigating the Perils of the Child Welfare System; 7. Holding a Mother-Holding a Baby; 8. Finding Common Ground; 9. Full of Feelings, Disabled, and Treatable; 10. Seeing Through the Eyes of the Blind; 11. What Did You Say?; 12. Social Care with the Severely Mentally Ill; 13. The Return from War; 14. Alien to This Country; 15. When a State Becomes a Parent
Summary
Psychodynamic theory and practice are often misunderstood as appropriate only for the worried well or those whose problems are minimal or routine. Nothing could be further from the truth. This book shows how psychodynamically informed, clinically based social care is essential to working with those whose problems are both psychological and social
