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How Social Workers can Use Words to Heal

Social Work Blog

Today, a growing body of research confirms that reading and writing can be therapeutic, even reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression. Owner of Change Your Narrative consulting and training practice, Nancy S. Reading fiction in particular builds emotional literacy and empathy, research shows.

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How Social Workers Can Use Words to Heal

Social Work Blog

Today, a growing body of research confirms that reading and writing can be therapeutic, even reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression. Owner of Change Your Narrative consulting and training practice, Nancy S. Reading fiction in particular builds emotional literacy and empathy, research shows.

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Whole Person Care: What It Means, How To Use It, and Why It’s Important

Relias

For example, to administer whole person care to a client experiencing depression, a therapist could consider: Biochemical reactions in the client’s brain, such as lowered levels of dopamine or serotonin If the client’s basic needs are being met, i.e., are they experiencing housing, food, and/or clothing insecurity?

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Why Did It Take Me So Long To Accept My Mental Health Medication?

Beautiful Voyager

I started doing an inventory: I launched my own mental health consulting business, completed a few training sessions, quickly boosted my professional network, got involved in various projects and the list goes on. Even though I chose to engage in these projects, they fueled me with a mix of excitement, joy, stress and increased anxiety.

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psychotherapy's moral bite: on deactivating the projection of will

Clinical Philosophy

What distinguishes the master therapist? I've long suspected that an important aspect of such a therapist is her moral seriousness. The therapist is after all a professional, is someone who does her job because she enjoys exercising her skills. It's precisely here that the therapist's moral seriousness is most required.

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Why Is It So Hard To Ask For Help When Facing Psychological Distress?

Beautiful Voyager

Women predominate in the rates of common conditions such as anxiety and depression ( twice as much and more persistent than men ). The only two occasions I went to the hospital for my mental health challenges were 1) generalized anxiety with panic disorder and 2) severe depression with psychotic events and suicide attempt.

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You Asked, Can Social Workers Prescribe Medication?

Social Work Haven

This can include providing advice, support and guidance to people in the community who are struggling with mental health issues, such as depression or anxiety. How can a social worker help someone with anxiety? A social worker can help people with anxiety in many ways. Does social anxiety count as mental health?