Critical Psychoanalytic Social Work

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.

Foreword to the English edition Foreword to the French edition Introduction Part I: Clinical Practices and Research in an Uncertain World 1. When evidence-based practices come up against social and scientific uncertainty 2. Social work as the test of public management 3. Uses and reconfigurations of the clinic in the field of social intervention: a sociological perspective Part II: Clinical Practices in Social Work 4. The contribution of the clinic narrative in supporting professional practice 5. The clinic, psychoanalysis and social work: issues in practice and training 6. Starting from the field: the transcultural approach Part III: Clinical Approaches in Social Work: Between Professionalization and Training 7. The circulation and emergence of knowledge and practices between youth professionals: the central issue of collaborative clinical research 8. Building oneself as a professional 9. Clinical ethics applied to training Part IV: The Clinic and Ethics in Social Work 10. Psychoanalytical dissent 11. Accompaniment in social work: a path of co-wandering Conclusion Supplementart Material: Two Case Studies Summary Index