Contemporary Clinical Practice

This book applies state-of-the-art psychodynamic theories to the understanding of how war, terrorism, politics, government regulations and other contemporary environmental problems influence interactions between clinicians and their patients.

Contemporary Clinical Practice: The Holding Environment Under Assault is devoted to the examination of contemporary social problems and their impact on the clinical process. State-of-the-art psychodynamic theories will be applied to the understanding of how war, terrorism, politics, government regulations, and other environmental problems influence interactions between clinicians and their patients.

Introduction: The World Outside and its Impact on the Treatment Process. - Shared Trauma and Self-Disclosure in the Therapeutic Process. - The Erosion of the Socio-Political Holding Environment and Potential Space for Creative Repair in Treatment. - Grief and Loss in an Age of Global Trauma: Protest and Despair vs. Attachment and Reorganization. - Integrating the Internal and External Worlds of Clinical Social Work. - What Happens to Confidentiality When the Government Enters the Treatment Room via the Patriot Act, HIPPA, and Managed Care? . - The Influence of Outside Forces on Social Work Education. - Real Experiences Revisited: The Significance of Attachment, Separation, and Loss in Clinical Social Work Treatment. - Psychoanalysis and Social Critique. - Considerations for Psychoanalytic Treatment in a Time of War.