Gary Direnfeld

JANUARY 23, 2023

I recently declined two requests for couple counseling. I always screen referrals for domestic violence as well as substance use. Therein we can develop a risk profile for the likelihood of future violence. Couple counseling can be an intense setting where issues are laid bare.

Counseling 147

Counseling Domestic Violence Therapist Private Practice 147

University of Connecticut

MAY 8, 2023

Scholarship Fund This scholarship is awarded to a student currently conducting their field placement at the UConn Counseling & Mental Health Services. My previous and future work involves working with some of the most vulnerable members of our society -- that work being with LGBTQIA+ youth, and victims and survivors of domestic violence.

LMSW 52

LMSW Justice and Corrections Schools Mental Health 52

Irish Social Worker

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Our responses to disclosure of sexual violence, at all levels, are therefore critical and those responses we do provide can send powerful messages to those engaged in this balancing act. Professor Ramona Alaggia at the University of Toronto, sums this up, saying that if the risks outweigh the benefits, the disclosure will not occur.

Criminal Justice 8

Criminal Justice Engagement Adoption Empathy 8

All For Kids

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

cdc.gov Child Sexual Abuse : Involves engaging a child in sexual activities, including exposure to pornography, unwanted sexual touching, or exploitation. In many instances of child abuse, there are underlying issues such as domestic violence, substance abuse, financial instability, and housing insecurity.

Domestic Violence 52

Domestic Violence Substance Abuse Military Psychology 52

Gary Direnfeld

APRIL 4, 2022

Anything else is engagement. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. .” You say it in a way that is dismissive and then redirect as if you aren’t going to grace the comment any further, knowing it is ridiculous and not being emotionally entrapped or triggered. Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.

Private Practice 202

Private Practice Counseling Mental Health Social Worker 202

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

JANUARY 6, 2022

She is wrong about domestic violence, she is wrong about truancy, she is wrong about “alternative response,” she is wrong about false reports and she is wrong to call for more institutionalization of children. Throughout the case, despite the fact that the parent was engaged in treatment, the treatment was not effective.

Child Welfare 98

Child Welfare Welfare Domestic Violence Foster Care 98

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Or does ACS prefer a system that allows it to engage in maximum feasible buck-passing? Scoppetta , which curbed the practice of taking children from survivors of domestic violence prove that. NCCPR Board Members served as co-counsel for plaintiffs in both those suits.)

Child Welfare 117

Child Welfare Interviewing Foster Care Domestic Violence 117

Gary Direnfeld

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

From time to time I am asked about how one keeps a grandchild in the life of a grandparent where that grandparent is truly mean to the parent, a bad influence on the grandchild or engages in poor behaviors. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. These situations really need exploration.

Private Practice 113

Private Practice Mental Health Counseling Social Worker 113

Gary Direnfeld

MARCH 8, 2023

There is a likelihood the grandparents will also engage others as their emissaries to undo the boundaries of the parents. 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 113

Private Practice Mental Health Psychology Counseling 113

Social Work Haven

MAY 13, 2023

She is the founder of the Immigrant Rights Clinic at the University of California, Los Angeles, which provides assistance to immigrants who seek legal counsel in immigration matters. Austin is an American social worker and professor at Kansas State University, where he teaches courses in youth development and community engagement.

Social Worker 52

Social Worker Mental Health University Welfare 52

Gary Direnfeld

JULY 6, 2022

Engagement. gary@yoursocialworker.com www.yoursocialworker.com for counseling and support. Those steps can last days to several years. Meet Get to know each other a bit. Continue meeting. Meet friends and/or family of the other. Cohabitation. Perhaps a commitment to marriage. I am available in person and by video conferencing.

Sobriety 147

Sobriety Private Practice Mental Health Counseling 147

Gary Direnfeld

OCTOBER 16, 2023

If things wane, if you appear distracted as a source of their supply, they will engage in behavior that limits your other relationships as well as activities that take away from your attention to their needs and wants. It’s simply a test and you don’t know you are the experiment. It will be subtle at first.

Private Practice 113

Private Practice Mental Health Counseling Social Worker 113