1st Edition

Critical Psychoanalytic Social Work Research and Case Studies for Clinical Practice

Edited By Sebastien Ponnou, Christophe Niewiadomski Copyright 2023
290 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

290 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

290 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This international and interdisciplinary collection argues for the use of clinical-based practices and research in social work, bringing together critical psychoanalytic ideas into social work practice to help tackle contemporary issues. With a Foreword written by Stephen Webb, this book brings together specialists from the main areas of research and clinical practices in social work,... Read more

Chapter 1: Clinical Practices and Research in an Uncertain World

1. When evidence-based practices come up against social and scientific uncertainty

Philippe Lyet

2. Social work as the test of public management

Vincent de Gaulejac

3. Uses and reconfigurations of the clinic in the field of social intervention: a sociological perspective

Bertrand Ravon

Chapter 2: Clinical Practices in Social Work

1. The contribution of the clinic narrative in supporting professional practice

Christophe Niewiadomski

2. The clinic, psychoanalysis and social work: practice and training

Sébastien Ponnou

3. Starting from the field: the transcultural approach

Marie Rose Moro and Ramhet Radjackp

Chapter 3: Clinical Approaches in Social Work: Between Professionalization and Training

1. The circulation and emergence of knowledge and practices between youth professionals: the central issue of collaborative clinical research

Pascal Fugier

2. Building oneself as a professional

Florence Giust-Desprairies

3. Clinical ethics applied to training

Mireille Cifali

Chapter 4: The Clinic and Ethics in Social Work

1. Psychoanalytical dissent

Guy de Villers

2. Accompaniment in social work: a path of co-wandering

Jean-Bernard Paturet

Biography

Sébastien Ponnou is a Psychoanalyst, Doctor in Psychoanalysis (Paris 8) and lecturer in education sciences at the University of Rouen Normandie (IUT d'Evreux – Social Careers Department, Interdisciplinary Center for Education and Training Research in Normandy – CIRNEF, EA 7454). His work focuses on clinical and psychoanalytic studies, mental health issues, clinical practices and the training of social workers.

Christophe Niewiadomski is a Professor of Education at the University of Lille, a member of the CIREL laboratory (Lille Inter-university Center for Research in Education) and a founding member of RISC (International Network of Clinical Sociology) and CIRBE (International College of Biographical Research in Education). His work aims to lay the foundations for a narrative and educational clinic in the human and social sciences by examining the specificity of biographical research in the fields of adult education, socio-educational environment and health.