Abstract

This article reviews psychoanalytic theories of development and psychopathology, different models of psychodynamic treatment used in clinical social work practice, and several major critiques of psychodynamic thinking. Psychodynamic social work is defined as any psychoanalytically informed social work practice that makes selective use of psychoanalytic ideas about human development, pathogenesis, and treatment. The psychoanalysis of today, while preserving important traditions spanning over 100 years, is a far more sophisticated, complex, and scientifically elaborated body of knowledge. Its development argues convincingly for a reappraisal of what contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice knowledge have to offer the clinical social work field.

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