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How Improv theater is like therapy | NASW Member Voices

Social Work Blog

I’m a mere therapist, but if I could share one piece of life advice with anyone, it would be this: Take an improv class. I’m not suggesting that improv is a cure for depression or anxiety, or any mental health concern. Kornfeld isn’t a therapist, but we think the same way: we want people to feel comfortable being themselves.

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NASW Member Voices: Considering a career in addiction social work? Here is what you should know

Social Work Blog

Large hospital systems typically employ LMSW social workers because they have demonstrated clinical acumen and the ability to navigate practice scenarios. So why should students enter the realm of clinical social work in addiction? A clinical social worker is a professional juggler.

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How Couple Therapy Creates Growth

American Board of Clinical Social Work

Anxiety often causes a conflict to be prematurely shut down — by either the couple or the therapist. It is often tremendously relieving to both partners to be told by the therapist that their conflicts are their brains’ attempts to move toward growth.