This book aims to highlight the variety of ways in which psychoanalytic ideas and psychodynamic methods can be utilized and adapted in diverse community settings. It is primarily aimed at professionals of all disciplines who work with children and families who are troubled with emotional and behavioural problems.

The book is divided into five sections covering an introduction to key analytic concepts, individuals and families, groups, organizations and social issues. An interesting device is the use of a ‘link’ chapter between the sections which outlines the key analytic concepts involved in the work and how these are illustrated in each chapter.

Each of the chapters is written by an individual with considerable experience and expertise in a spectrum of work in community settings. These range from the highly specialized, including a special care baby unit, the Monroe Centre for assessment and treatment of potentially abusing parents, the Newpin Project and the Caldicott centre for