Gary Direnfeld

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Some kids come home after school and can’t seem to hold themselves together. There is a belief that after holding themselves together all day at school, they use home as a safe place to let it go. Maybe for some. I am available in person and by video conferencing. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

Schools 262

Schools Mental Health Private Practice Counseling 262

Social Work Haven

MAY 9, 2023

Provide therapy or counselling services It is quite common for people to confuse social workers with counsellors or therapists because some parts of their roles overlap however; they are very different. Social workers are not qualified to provide therapy or counselling services. Contact your registered GP surgery for an appointment.

Social Worker 52

Social Worker Treatment Planning Mental Health Interventional 52

Gary Direnfeld

JULY 24, 2022

Parenting the infant, preschooler, school age child, the grown up is the boss. The teen increasingly moves from seeing and accepting the patent as boss to seeing them more and more as a consultant. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. We set the rules, structure, expectations.

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Consultation Private Practice Mental Health Counseling 182

Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Lastly, there would be an expectation that he either return to school or get a job or attend some training. He had to have a job or be in school first! It took another week, but their son returned to school and then was allowed home. There would be no more gaming in the home. The parents were petrified.

Mental Health 130

Mental Health Hospitals Schools Private Practice 130

Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Depression and/or anxiety in kids can show itself through behavior as well as school issues or those of concentration and attention. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker.

Mental Health 130

Mental Health Anxiety Depression Private Practice 130

Gary Direnfeld

OCTOBER 22, 2024

I dropped out of high school to sell shoes. Not having learned much in high school, I didn’t know how to write an essay. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker.

Private Practice 130

Private Practice Mental Health Schools University 130

Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

I have had several messages and conversations this week about violence in schools. If your child isn’t sleeping well at night or expresses fear about attending school, that may not be anxiety as you thought. Again, ask your kid about violence literally in the classroom, let alone the school yard. They were all unrelated.

Schools 147

Schools Private Practice Mental Health Consultation 147

Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. I am available in person and by video conferencing. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

Mental Health 130

Mental Health Private Practice Counseling Social Worker 130

Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 3, 2024

They can be returning from your ex, from school, from an extracurricular activity, wherever. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. The kids are about to enter the house.

Private Practice 130

Private Practice Mental Health Counseling Social Worker 130

Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 23, 2025

If they appear anxious at home or at school over current events and the near future, sure explain the disruption caused by the current American administration and most importantly, also put them to ease that war between our two countries is simply not foreseeable. At home, but maybe moreso at school, these things are coming up.

Mental Health 130

Mental Health Private Practice Schools Administration 130

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 10, 2022

——— The issue was the child’s fear of going to school. Her child’s fear was not about the school. Her child was not anxious about school, but her safety as she had worried about her mother. Her child did return to school. We talked about the parental relationship. She put it together.

Schools 140

Schools Domestic Violence Private Practice Mental Health 140

Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Even the school they attended was on the grounds of the treatment centre. Of course there was the promise of more money to assure appropriate supports both in their residences as well as in public schools. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. Even some couldn’t go there.

Schools 147

Schools Private Practice Mental Health Counseling 147

Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

While you or someone else may think a particular teen needs counseling, it doesn’t mean it will be helpful. Counseling is one of those things that simply works best when attended on a voluntary basis by someone who self-identifies a need as well as a desire. Think beyond counseling. Looks good, does nothing.

Counseling 130

Counseling Private Practice Mental Health Communication 130

Gary Direnfeld

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This is reflective of the comments: “394 violent incident reports filed in 27 days of school, that is how our year is going in our board. In one class alone over 11 evacuations in 27 school days. School boards have given fancy names to evacuations now, they call them learning walks or extra library time, gym time or outside time.”

Private Practice 264

Private Practice Schools Mental Health Counseling 264

Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The call was about the one child who was continually acting out, skipping school, getting into trouble. That child had great grades and only concentrated on school work. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. The other child was described as perfect, a perfectionist actually.

Private Practice 264

Private Practice Mental Health Schools Counseling 264

Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 23, 2025

Each school board likely has their own, hopefully. So let me say this; Educational Assistants are currently the first responders of the school system. Without the Educational Assistant, schools would be sunk and students would fail. I don’t think there is one consistent Educational Assistants Day across the province.

Private Practice 130

Private Practice Schools Mental Health Counseling 130

Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 30, 2023

2) Please know in many schools the EA is not invited to meetings regarding your child and nor do many have access to your child’s records or reports. 4) Please do not use the school as a testing ground for changes in medication, routines, food choices, etc, without first informing the EA. EAs are not there to judge.

Schools 124

Schools Private Practice Mental Health Counseling 124

Gary Direnfeld

MAY 22, 2024

Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. I am available in person and by video conferencing. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

Mental Health 261

Mental Health Private Practice Counseling Communication 261

Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 31, 2023

Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. I am available in person and by video conferencing. He speaks at conferences and workshops throughout North America.

Mental Health 264

Mental Health Private Practice Counseling Social Worker 264

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 28, 2022

This leaves the student, come “graduation”, which is actually more like aging out of the school system, less capable of managing independently as an adult. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. It is so short-sighted. I am available in person and by video conferencing.

Private Practice 190

Private Practice Mental Health Administration Disability 190

Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Among them are students whose parents carried them through high school. The enabling through high school catches up. There may be a few skinned knees along the way, some lost school time and some stiff opposition and belly-aching. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support.

Private Practice 147

Private Practice Schools Mental Health Counseling 147

Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 6, 2022

The issue was school truancy. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. The case involved a young boy. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

Disability 182

Disability Private Practice Mental Health Counseling 182

Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 20, 2024

Even our high school had an indoor smoking area for students. With school returning there will be a new crop of teens introduced to vaping, just as it was in the glory days of cigarettes. Mostly it was to get a break at my part time job. To say you wanted five minutes for a smoke was acceptable. Smoking was everywhere. The olden days.

Private Practice 147

Private Practice Mental Health Addiction Schools 147

Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 15, 2024

If the issue reaches a threshold where the parent seeks counseling for the child, very often the counseling of choice is CBT (cognitive-behavioral therapy). He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice.

CBT 147

CBT Counseling Anxiety Mental Health 147

Gary Direnfeld

DECEMBER 14, 2021

On very rare occasion, it can also lead to the child developing the skills to leave home by finding employment, however, leaving school early too. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. These are very serious matters. Moving too fast too soon can create a poor outcome for the kids.

Counseling 147

Counseling Mental Health Private Practice Social Worker 147

Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 15, 2022

It happened to be when the kids were arriving home from school. She had been bullied at school that day. It happened to be when the kids were arriving home from school. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. She only had one drink a day. There were three kids, all girls.

Private Practice 147

Private Practice Mental Health Counseling Schools 147

Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 28, 2024

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. I've been a strong and purposeful writer all my life and had kept journals since junior high school. I told him I didn’t feel right. No,” I said. “I

Hospitals 52

Hospitals Mental Health Depression Anxiety 52

Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 2, 2022

I smoked a lot of dope in high school. A girl I was dating at the time convinced me to return to school. I wanted to go on to graduate school and hopefully obtain a PhD. I applied to five graduate schools and was rejected at all five. From high school days stoned, to dropping out to further education on a non-linear path.

Psychology 147

Psychology Mental Health Private Practice Schools 147

Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Ontario high school students are required to provide 40 hours of community service. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. I am available in person and by video conferencing.

Private Practice 147

Private Practice Mental Health Counseling Schools 147

Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 10, 2024

Imagine that playing out at school. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. If everything is a negotiation with your child, everything will be an argument. They typically listen.

Mental Health 147

Mental Health Private Practice Counseling Schools 147

Gary Direnfeld

MAY 17, 2022

Counseling is often sought for the child. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. Rarely do they go or last.

Counseling 147

Counseling Self-harm Private Practice Mental Health 147

Gary Direnfeld

JUNE 9, 2024

School was a distant afterthought for her. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker. At fourteen she was fawning over a guy. The guy was also fourteen. What she wanted was that boy.

Mental Health 147

Mental Health Private Practice Counseling Welfare 147

Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 21, 2022

There has been a history of failed attempts with school and work. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. He consults to mental health professionals as well as to mediators and collaborative law professionals about good practice as well as building their practice. Maybe suicidal behavior.

Self-harm 147

Self-harm Disability Hospitals Private Practice 147

Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 15, 2024

In my elementary school there was only one non-Jewish student in all my classes from Kindergarten to sixth grade. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support www.garydirenfeld.com – to build your successful practice Gary Direnfeld is a social worker.

Private Practice 147

Private Practice Mental Health Counseling Social Worker 147

Gary Direnfeld

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

All you have to do is step into a few schools to see the state of disrepair, crowded classrooms and students whose supplies are often provided by the teachers themselves from their very own salary. Doug Ford’s government through Stephen Lecce, the Minister of Education will be spinning tales hoping to pit parents against educators.

Healthcare 147

Healthcare Private Practice Mental Health Government 147

Gary Direnfeld

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Hence counseling for the parent to better understand the dynamics of anxiety and their role in management can be more helpful than the child’s attendance in counseling. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. Sometimes the parent needs as much, if not more support than the child.

Anxiety 140

Anxiety Counseling Private Practice Mental Health 140

Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 4, 2022

The question is about how to manage, particularly with school aged kids at home. Consider sitting down with your kids and discussing how to manage; how to divvy up tasks; how and where to get school work done. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. We vented our anger.

Private Practice 130

Private Practice Mental Health Schools Counseling 130