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Contemporary Clinical Practice

The Holding Environment Under Assault

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Editors:
  1. Ellen Ruderman

    1. Encino, USA

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  2. Carol Tosone

    1. School of Social Work, New York University, New York, USA

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  • Provides a theoretical understanding of environmental impact on the treatment situation
  • Offers clinical examples
  • Incorporates concepts from traditional social work and psychoanalysis
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Essential Clinical Social Work Series (ECSWS)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. The World Outside: Its Impact on the Treatment Setting

    • Ellen Ruderman
    Pages 1-11

  3. The Erosion of the Sociopolitical Holding Environment and the Collapse of the Potential Space for Creative Repair

    • Jeffrey Applegate
    Pages 13-18

  4. Grief and Loss in an Age of Global Trauma: Protest and Despair Versus Attachment and Reorganization

    • Judith Kay Nelson
    Pages 19-27

  5. Integrating the Internal and External Worlds of Clinical Social Work: A Philosophical and Political Search

    • Rosalyn Benitez-Bloch
    Pages 29-40

  6. Virtual Intimacy in the Therapeutic Space: Help or Hindrance?

    • Carol Tosone
    Pages 41-49

  7. What Happens to Confidentiality When the Government Enters the Treatment Room via the PATRIOT Act, HIPAA, and Managed Care?

    • Carole Bender
    Pages 51-60

  8. A Perfect Storm: The Influence of Outside Forces on Social Work Education

    • Barbara Berger
    Pages 61-72

  9. Silence in the Clinical Hour: A Time to Speak

    • Billie Lee Violette
    Pages 73-83

  10. Real Experiences Revisited: The Significance of Attachment, Separation, and Loss in Adult Psychotherapy

    • Pat Sable
    Pages 85-98

  11. Saving the World One Patient at a Time: Psychoanalysis and Social Critique

    • Jennifer Tolleson
    Pages 99-115

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 117-120
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Encino, USA

    Ellen Ruderman

  • School of Social Work, New York University, New York, USA

    Carol Tosone

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