Psychoanalytic Theory for Social Work Practice: Thinking under Fire Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	How to use this book
1	Psychoanalytic theories for social work practice	3
2	Psychoanalytic research in the era of evidence-based practice	15
3	Racist states of mind : an attack on thinking and curiosity	31
4	Observation in social work practice	47
5	'Thinking in and out of the frame'; applying systemic ideas to social work with children	59
6	Individual brief psychotherapy with sexually abused girls and parallel support work with parents and carers	71
7	Double deprivation	89
8	Psychoanalytic perspectives on emotional problems facing parents of children with learning disabilities	103
9	The court, the couple and the consultant : is there room for a third position?	115
10	Dangerous cocktails : drugs and alcohol within the family	127
11	Working with borderline personality disorder	139
12	Working with families who see help as the problem	153
13	Re-enactment as an unwitting professional response to family dynamics	165
14	Who cares for the carers : work with refugees	177
15	The containing function of supervision in working with abuse	185