Process Facilitation in Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy and Social Work elaborates a differential theory of therapeutic engagement with full reference not only to psychoanalysis and to psychotherapy but also - surprisingly - to social work.
'This strikingly ambitious book offers a theoretical model of how practitioners of psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy and social work seek to offer transformative help. It is a psychoanalytical theoretical model but its explanatory scope reaches far beyond traditional psychoanalytic work, and this makes it essential reading for the wide range of professionals who work with the disadvantaged. O'Neill writes clearly, explains complex ideas with clarity, gives the reader excellent summaries of what she's covered and signposts to where she's going next. The book fulfils its ambitious aims. O'Neill's thesis is both a new conceptualisation of what might be called social intervention, and a theory of therapeutic change.'-Vic Sedlak, Training Analyst, The British Psychoanalytical Society
'Social work has sometimes valued psychoanalysis for thinking about the relational aspects of its work, but sometimes sees concentration on the inner workings of the mind as neglectful of the reality faced by clients. Sylvia O`Neill`s timely book addresses this conflict and expands, through detailed conceptual writing and fully explored case examples, the richness a sustained effort to realign the two worlds contains. Building on the work of Jean-Luc Donnet she develops his concept of the setting and those discoverable "site" elements fundamental to the establishment of a psycho-analytic and a social work process. This finely written and thoroughly researched work reinvigorates both worlds and will enhance the understanding of members of both professions.'-Mary Twyman,Member British Psycho-analytic Society; formerly Principal Social Worker,Tavistock ClinicAdult Department
