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How Improv theater is like therapy | NASW Member Voices

Social Work Blog

Beginning stages of therapy: therapists build rapport and help clients feel emotionally vulnerable The therapeutic alliance, or the relationship between therapist and client, is the biggest predictor of success in psychotherapy. There’s a term in clinical social work called “meeting the clients where they’re at.”

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Your Comprehensive Guide to Kids and Anxiety

Beautiful Voyager

Kids want to please their parents and dont feel like theyre enough, says Dr. Patti Ashley , psychotherapist, author, and creator of a psychotherapy approach called Authenticity Architecture. Then theres also chronic fear because of mass shootings, especially in schools. This causes lots of anxiety. Higher expectations, Ashley says.

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Molly vs. Ecstasy: What’s the Difference?

Gateway Foundation

The drug did not undergo clinical trials or have approval from the FDA. Psychotherapy. Ecstasy first became popular in the late ‘70s and early ’80s among psychiatrists who thought the drug enhanced patient communication and insights about their struggles.

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19 Essential Social Work Practice Skills You Should Work on Refining Now

Social Work Haven

Clinician – this involves providing direct clinical services such as counseling, psychotherapy and crisis intervention. The model uses an ecological perspective to identify multiple levels of influence in client’s lives, including but not limited to: family, peers, school/work, community, and policy.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

My husband, a full-time high school math teacher, as well as an amateur but accomplished musician, had just come back from a practice session and found me sitting up in bed. So, I called my psychiatrist’s office and got an answering machine from an evidently-open urgent care clinic. I told him I didn’t feel right. the nurse told me.