Profile
Jerrold R. Brandell joined the Wayne State University School of Social Work faculty in 1992 after teaching at Michigan State University and Boston University. A practicing psychoanalyst and social work clinician, he is Founding Editor of the clinical journal, Psychoanalytic Social Work, and currently serves on the International Editorial Advisory Board of the Israel Annual of Psychoanalysis, as well as on the Editorial Boards of Clinical Social Work Journal and the Bulletin of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Council. He is very actively involved in clinical practice, consultation, and supervision, and in 2001 was elected to membership as a distinguished practitioner in the National Academies of Practice. Jerry is also a jazz tenor sax player, and performs in the metro area with both small and large (big band) jazz ensembles.