Psychodynamic Social Work.(Book review)

Psychodynamic Social Work. Jerrold R. Brandell (Editor). New York: Columbia University Press, 2004, 252 pages. ISBN: 0-231-12636-0 $55.00 hardback.

Psychodynamic Social Work covers a vast array of theoretical and clinical topics: the relationship between social work and psychoanalytic theory, the history of psychoanalytic theory, the three phases of psychodynamic practice, the matrix of transference and countertransference, child psychotherapy, adolescent psychotherapy, brief therapy, case management; and research on practice. Its author, Jerry Brandell, has long been