Download or read book Contemporary Clinical Practice written by Ellen Ruderman and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-09 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary Clinical Practice: The Holding Environment Under Assault is devoted to the examination of contemporary social problems and their impact on the clinical process. State-of-the-art psychodynamic theories will be applied to the understanding of how war, terrorism, politics, government regulations, and other environmental problems influence interactions between clinicians and their patients.