Falling Through the Cracks Psychodynamic Practice with Vulnerable and Oppressed Populations

Name: Falling Through the Cracks Psychodynamic Practice with Vulnerable and Oppressed Populations
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ISBN: 9780231151085

ISBN-10: 023115108X

ISBN-13: 9780231151085

Edition: 2012

Authors: Joan Berzoff

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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.Essays address populations struggling with structural inequities, such as racism, classism, immigrant status, language differences, disability, and sexual orientation. They explain how to provide psychodynamically informed assessment and practice when working with those suffering from mental illness, addiction, homelessness, and cognitive, visual,…

Book details

List price: $80.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 11/29/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.92" long x 0.13" tall
Weight: 1.738
Language: English




Why We Need a Biopsychosocial Perspective with Vulnerable, Oppressed, and At-Risk Clients




Making It Thinkable: A Psychodynamic Approach to the Psychosocial Problems of Prisons and Prisoners




"We're Cool, You and Me": A Relational Approach to Clinical Social Work in the City: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Within a Homeless Shelter for Formerly Incarcerated Women and Their Children




If I Feel Judged By You, I Will Not Trust You: Relational Practice with Addicted Mothers




Making a Difference: Psychodynamic Views on Race and Racism




Navigating the Perils of the Child Welfare System: Applying Attachment Theory in Child Protective Practice




Holding a Motherï¿½Holding a Baby: Psychosocial Casework in a Clinic for Women with High-Risk Pregnancies




'Finding Common Ground: The Perils of Sameness and Difference in the Treatment of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients




Full of Feelings, Disabled, and Treatable: Working Psychodynamically with Special-Needs Adults




Seeing Through the Eyes of the Blind: Psychodynamically Informed Work with Persons with Low Vision




What Did You Say? Clinical Practice with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Populations




Social Care with the Severely Mentally Ill: Psychodynamic Perspectives




The Return from War: Templates for Trauma and Resilience




Alien to This Country: Treatment Considerations with Immigrant Bilingual Patients




When a State Becomes a Parent: Orphanages in a Post-totalitarian Culture: Attachment Theory Perspective



Conclusion



Contributors


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