{"title":"Selma Fraiberg: A Life Journey in Psychoanalytic Social Work","authors":"J. Kanter","doi":"10.1080/15228878.2020.1819830","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Selma Fraiberg, a social worker and psychoanalyst, is best known for her classic volume, The Magic Years, and her pioneering work in infant mental health. In this article, her multi-faceted professional career will be explored. Beginning with her thoughts about social work and psychoanalysis as an undergraduate, I discuss her professional education and the influence of three refugee analysts from Vienna before outlining her diverse contributions to group work with children and adolescents, agency-based psychotherapy with children, and clinical research on the development of blind children. Finally, I discuss the evolution of her theoretical perspectives and the impact of her legacy nearly 40 years after her death.","PeriodicalId":41604,"journal":{"name":"Psychoanalytic Social Work","volume":"27 1","pages":"119 - 138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2000,"publicationDate":"2020-07-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15228878.2020.1819830","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Psychoanalytic Social Work","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15228878.2020.1819830","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"SOCIAL WORK","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract Selma Fraiberg, a social worker and psychoanalyst, is best known for her classic volume, The Magic Years, and her pioneering work in infant mental health. In this article, her multi-faceted professional career will be explored. Beginning with her thoughts about social work and psychoanalysis as an undergraduate, I discuss her professional education and the influence of three refugee analysts from Vienna before outlining her diverse contributions to group work with children and adolescents, agency-based psychotherapy with children, and clinical research on the development of blind children. Finally, I discuss the evolution of her theoretical perspectives and the impact of her legacy nearly 40 years after her death.
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Psychoanalytic Social Work provides social work clinicians and clinical educators with highly informative and stimulating articles relevant to the practice of psychoanalytic social work with the individual client. Although a variety of social work publications now exist, none focus exclusively on the important clinical themes and dilemmas that occur in a psychoanalytic social work practice. Existing clinical publications in social work have tended to dilute or diminish the significance or the scope of psychoanalytic practice in various ways. Some social work journals focus partially on clinical practice and characteristically provide an equal, if not greater, emphasis upon social welfare policy and macropractice concerns.