Foreword , Introduction , Social work and psychoanalytic social work , On the history of social work and psychoanalytic social work , Psychoanalytic theories, methods, and concepts , Areas in which psychoanalytic social work is applied , Psychoanalytic social work in the wider context of social and therapeutic assistance: points of contact and differences , Psychoanalytic social work and mediation , Psychoanalytic social work in day nurseries (day care centres), early education, and early intervention , Social work in real space and work on inner processes and structures , Setting and adjustment of the framework to the needs of the client , Transference-countertransference- 'scene"-the enactive domain , Cooperation relations in psychoanalytic social work (interagency working) , Cooperation relations with the institutions carrying the costs of social work , Supervision , Quality and qualifications , Psychoanalytic social work in practice at the Verein für Psychoanalytische Sozialarbeit Rottenburg/Tübingen , Glossary.