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ABSTRACT
Psychoanalytic social work scholars lament the marginalization of psychodynamic theory in contemporary social work academia. Modern conflict theory applied to social work theories of pathogenesis and cure can serve as a means to explore this marginalization. Unconscious fantasy is important for understanding the resistance to psychodynamic theory in social work education. I offer some psychoanalytically informed strategies that might begin to restore psychodynamic theory in mainstream social work academia.
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Les Marvin Fleischer
Les Marvin Fleischer, PhD, RSW, FIPA, is an Associate Professor at Lakehead University Orillia, Faculty of Health and Behavioral Sciences, and an Assistant Professor, status-only, at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, and is on Faculty at the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. He is a Psychoanalyst in private practice. His research interests include psychoanalysis, contemporary ego psychology, unconscious fantasy, dreams, psychoanalytic education, and the education of mental health professionals.