doing psychodynamic social work a basic introduction

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1、DoingPsychodynamicSocialWork:ABasicIntroductionAndrewCooper(AdaptedfromWilsonK,LymberyM,RuchGandCooperA,IntroductiontoSocialWork,PearsonEducation,forthcoming2008)Introduction‘Socialworkisapracticalactivity’.Thiswasthepronouncementofagovernmentministerresponsibleforsocialworkin2004.Shewasnotwrong,but

2、westronglybelieveshewasonlycapturingapartofthewholetruthaboutactually‘doing’socialwork.Inthispaperweemphasisetwootherdimensionsapartfrom‘doing’whichare(orshouldbe)ever-presentinhowasocialworkerconductsherselforhimself.Theseare‘thinking’and‘being’.Thethinkingcomponentispartlyabouttheimportanceofhavin

3、gasolidtheoreticalgraspofdifferentsocialworkmethods,sothateachstepinyourplanofactivityisbasedonaclearunderstanding–atheoreticallyinformedformulation-oftheserviceuser’ssituationtowhichyouarerespondinginaparticularwaythatreflectsthisformulation.Thethinkingcomponentisalsoaboutreflecting,learningtostepb

4、ackbothduringandaftereachphaseofactivityor‘engagement’andlookathowtheprocessandtherelationshipyouarebothinvolvedinhaschanged,developed,deepened,orbecomeproblematic,tense,anxious….Thesereflectionsareallintheserviceofevaluatinghowyouandtheserviceuseraregettingonwiththe‘plans’youshouldhavemadeonthebasi

5、sofyourassessment(Wesayserviceuserforthesakeofsimplicity,butofcoursetheremaybeseveralserviceusersinvolved,andquitepossiblyothercolleaguesaswell).Thebeingcomponentmaybelessfamiliartoyouinsomeways,butitisnolessimportant,andinfactoncewehaveinvestigateditalittlefurtheritwillprobablyseemobvious.Everytime

6、wemeet,talk,engage,ordevelopevenasuperficialrelationshipwithanotherperson–orwithagroup-eachofushasadoptedaparticular,emotionallyinvestedwayof‘being’inthatrelationship.Wemightcompetewiththeotherpersonorwiththegroupmembers;wemightbedrawntolistenandempathise;sometimeswewantto‘backoff’atonce;someencount

7、ersseemtomakeuspassiveorwithdrawn;or17webecomecaughtupinafeelingofelationandmischief…thepossibilitiesareendless.But,settingasidethefactthateachofhasamoreorlessstable‘personality’(afairlyconsistenttend