Social Work Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Senior Practice Associate, Clinical Social Work. It can result from a number of social, emotional, and biological factors. Screenings are completed by licensed clinical social workers and include questions about symptoms, their severity, and duration. By Denise Johnson, LCSW-C.

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Depression Psychotherapy Clinic Mental Health 91

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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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Therapist LMSW Clinical Social Work Mental Health 111

American Board of Clinical Social Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Most forms of psychotherapy require that the therapist perform a “delicate balancing act” between competing forces. Some authors refer to this skill as dialectical thinking–the ability to mentally (and emotionally) hold seemingly opposite factors in dynamic tension in service of moving a system toward higher functioning.

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American Board of Clinical Social Work

MAY 24, 2023

Treatment for emotional eating–binge eating, bulimia, anorexia, body image disorder, chronic dieting–needs to incorporate psychotherapy with behavioral/cognitive strategies, and sometimes medication. This is not to minimize the very real upset that people experience when their eating is out of control.

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Disorder Psychotherapy LCSW Addiction 40