My Brains Not Broken
JANUARY 25, 2022
I’ve been to…a decent number of therapists over the years, and though I’ve found short-term success with a few, I’ve never been able to find long-term success. Part of that is the transitions I’ve made in life (high school to college, and then college to post-grad can make that difficult), but part of it is also that I had no long-term goals with therapy.
The International Association Of Schools Of Social
JANUARY 18, 2022
38th Annual Social Work Day at the UN. Moving Toward Food Security for All: The Role of Social Work. SAVE THE DAT E : Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Noon — 2 p.m. EST. This event will be held virtually on Zoom.
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The New Social Worker
JANUARY 12, 2022
Recent events have given us lots of opportunities to practice meditation. For people new to meditation and practicing under these conditions, it might seem daunting. There are a lot of quality meditation apps to help you find your way.
Nnatasha Tracy
JANUARY 27, 2022
Bipolar disorder is not your fault. Schizophrenia is not your fault. Depression is not your fault. You did nothing to deserve a mental illness. You are a good person and your being sick does not affect that. Mental illness landed on you and started eating away at your brain. It could have happened to anyone. You had nothing to do with it. Mental illness is not your fault.
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Bipolar Bandit
JANUARY 13, 2022
When handling trauma, therapists, counselors, health professionals, caregivers, and others that are helping, seek to understand the person, get a pulse on the crisis, engage in triaging the most devastating issues, and offer interventions that help to restore, or create in some cases, stability. None of these previously stated tasks are easy. In fact, the challenges that these helpers face, especially in working with trauma, can lead to an apathetic state of mind, body, and spirit.
Beautiful Voyager
JANUARY 31, 2022
Photo by Pawel Czerwinski. People don’t talk about this as much, but it’s important to consider when not to meditate — or how to approach meditation— if you have an anxiety disorder or depression. Meditation can help you get through an episode of anxiety, depression or mania by betraying the thoughts that fuel such episodes as false, by giving you some calm space to survey your situation and predict your moods, and by revealing some ideas on how to intervene.
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The International Association Of Schools Of Social
JANUARY 28, 2022
Asia Pacific Joint GS Seminar. The Global Standards for Social Work Education and Training were updated in 2020. However, the new document’s content is yet to fully reach the professional social work community in the Asia Pacific Region, and we face several challenges as we engage in educational reform. Please join the discussion for FREE. REGISTRATION by February 17th (Thu) 2022, 7:00 am (UTC) at [link]. * Zoom link will be sent to the registered e-mail address by February 18h (Fri), 7:00 am (
The New Social Worker
JANUARY 31, 2022
Human interchanges impact self-care. We all know how “Energy Vampires” can affect us. And, I intentionally (and gratefully!) nurture what I call “Energy Infusers.” Self-care involves minimizing the vampires and maximizing the infusers.
Nnatasha Tracy
JANUARY 13, 2022
Our society encourages people to push their limits, and there is no out for people with mental illness. Our society claims over and over that we must "push the envelope," "take risks," and "do what scares us." There is no societal pressure to "respect your limits" or "live the way you feel comfortable." And maybe that's good for the general population, I can't say, but what I can say is that it's terrible advice for people with mental illness.
Bipolar Bandit
JANUARY 20, 2022
Romantic relationships can come with many highs and lows. You can oscillate between feeling very confident and then insecure. Insecurities can come from unresolved internal issues, such as low self-esteem, fear of abandonment, trauma, and general anxiety. When these issues are not dealt with, they can topple over into your relationships. Insecurities in your relationship may also stem from your partner engaging in gaslighting.
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Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JANUARY 26, 2022
There's some big news in this report. Unfortunately, the Associated Press buried the lead. Remember all those scare stories about how, because COVID-19 prevented overwhelmingly white disproportionately middle-class “mandated reporters” from constantly having their “eyes” on children who are neither, their parents would unleash upon their own children a “pandemic of child abuse” ?
My Brains Not Broken
JANUARY 6, 2022
Today’s guest post is written by freelance mental health writer Taylor Blanchard, who talks about toxic shame, what it looks like in our lives and how we can manage it. You’re at work; your boss is frustrated. In passing, with a furrowed brow, she briskly asks you if you’ve remembered to call that Very Important Person. . Oh no. You forgot. What happens next?
Gateway Foundation
JANUARY 24, 2022
Drug misuse and substance dependencies have become a large-scale problem affecting many people throughout the United States and the world. Unfortunately, opioids are one of the most widely misused substances fueling dependencies and leading to increasing overdose rates. Black Balloon Day is a day for friends and family members to come together and celebrate the… The post Black Balloon Day 2022 appeared first on Gateway.
The New Social Worker
JANUARY 24, 2022
The coronavirus and its multiple strains have had a significant impact on our lives. As social workers, what are some ways we can support each other during emotionally challenging and chronically stressful experiences?
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Nicole Clark Consulting
JANUARY 19, 2022
Try this out and let me know how it goes for you. On the road to becoming more data driven, and making sense of stakeholder data, organizations use the data to inform their strategic planning process. A strategic plan, in short, is a written document that outlines an organization’s mission, vision, the context the plan [.]. The post Try This: Check In on Your Strategic Plan appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.
Bipolar Bandit
JANUARY 20, 2022
Who are you? Randall: I’m Randall Scott White, I was married to a wonderful woman named Michelle who fell ill over time from bipolar disorder that went undiagnosed until it was too late. Jennifer: I’m Jennifer Hutchins, the producer. I met Randall in Austin in late 2019 and he showed me over a decade of home video footage that didn’t just tell a story but showed a story of a loving wife and mother who was transformed into a destructive violent stranger.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JANUARY 23, 2022
Garrett Therolf was among those speaking at a Los Angeles Times "Ask a Reporter" event on January 20. Questions were screened in advance. As usual it's because of Garrett Therolf. The former Times reporter and still their go-to guy for child welfare stories continues to soft-peddle racial bias. Now he’s campaigning for the use of computerized racial profiling – a.k.a. predictive analytics.
My Brains Not Broken
JANUARY 20, 2022
As someone who experiences depression on a fairly regular basis, I struggle when it comes to the concept of choosing. I forget about my power to decide, and how those choices can directly impact my well-being. After so many years of experiencing mental illness, the power to choose feels like a theoretical concept at this point, but I don’t think I’d realized just how much I was limiting myself until the pandemic hit.
Speaker: Gary Direnfeld, MSW, RSW.
You may have the clinical skills to manage a private practice, but your success could actually hinge on marketing skills. For a thriving practice, you need to differentiate yourself from others and present yourself in a way that attracts referrals. These days, much of that happens online, including on social media. In this webinar, Gary Direnfeld will discuss how social media marketing can help you build your private practice and grow your client base.
Gateway Foundation
JANUARY 21, 2022
Detox is the first step in the recovery process from substance use disorder. Whether a person struggles with alcohol use or drug use, the withdrawal symptoms of detox range in severity from mildly uncomfortable to dangerous and life-threatening. Completing the detox process and achieving a successful recovery is possible, and it’s important to undergo detox… The post Dangers of At-Home Drug or Alcohol Detox appeared first on Gateway.
The New Social Worker
JANUARY 4, 2022
What’s your best self-care advice? Have you thought about it lately? Do you follow it regularly?
Social Work.Career
JANUARY 6, 2022
This post is part of the monthly series, Free Webinars for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals, featuring over 30 free webcasts that I could find for you this month in the field of social work and mental health. To make it easier for you to find a webinar that is of interest to you, […]. The post Free Mental Health Webinars, January 2022 appeared first on SocialWork.Career.
Bipolar Bandit
JANUARY 20, 2022
After a few years of unprecedented stress, many of us are struggling to cope. Whether you’ve had a PTSD or C-PTSD diagnosis in the past and it’s being exacerbated by the pandemic, or you’re just starting to take a closer look at your mental health symptoms, we can all benefit from more support and greater trauma awareness. PTSD and Complex PTSD are both mental health disorders that can develop after a traumatic event.
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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JANUARY 19, 2022
If the recommendations are enacted, the biggest beneficiaries might be Maine's paper mills, what with all the “theories of change” “logic models” and “strategies” that will have to be turned out. Multiple organizations in Maine – but with the lead organizations dominated by private “providers” have put out a document they’re calling “A Framework for Child Welfare Reform” in that state.
My Brains Not Broken
JANUARY 18, 2022
By and large, writing about mental health isn’t a “fun” activity. A lot of the experiences I write about are challenges that I or other people have faced in the past. Most of the research I do is to signify to others that mental illness is a concern for people of all ages and demographics, and having honest discussions about that will help shrink the stigma and help people get help when they need it.
Social Work Blog
JANUARY 19, 2022
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) on January 19 is joining the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, Angelina Jolie , and Senate sponsors of the upcoming Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization for a policy day of action to ask Senators to co-sponsor and pass the bipartisan consensus bill to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.
The New Social Worker
JANUARY 17, 2022
The best self-care advice is that which you give yourself. Advice from others sparks new ideas, reminds us of something we did previously and need to resurface, and reinforces or refines our own self-care practice. So, let’s hear from some experts.
Nicole Clark Consulting
JANUARY 12, 2022
You know your community better than your funder, and your programs are only successful when staff feel supported and have the capacity to do their jobs. Your staff knows your programs so much in fact, that when you report to your board of directors or engage new funders, you rely heavily on them to provide [.]. The post Your Staff Knows Your Programs Better Than You appeared first on Nicole Clark Consulting.
Bipolar Bandit
JANUARY 13, 2022
Bulimia Nervosa is really difficult to define and has been for years. It dates back in history and was originally classed as an ‘ominous variant’ (whatever that means) of Anorexia Nervosa. This link to Anorexia Nervosa I do think is important, however, because a lot of people assume Bulimia to be a case of uncontrolled eating that anyone would want to counter balance.
NCCPR Child Welfare Blog
JANUARY 18, 2022
1. Yes, families DO have Fourth Amendment rights when the family police are at the door. 2. No, caseworkers cannot evade accountability by claiming they were too stupid to know they’re not allowed to lie in documents used in court. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued a scathing rebuke to Philadelphia’s family police agency, the Department of Human Services, rejecting the idea that its caseworkers are effectively exempt from the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and a simil
My Brains Not Broken
JANUARY 13, 2022
I’ve written about my dislike for wintertime before, but a new thought popped into my head as to why this time of year isn’t great for me. We know about seasonal affective disorder, shorter days and colder nights and all that, but there’s another big reason that I don’t love this time of year. I have several activities and hobbies that I do that relieve/help me manage my mental health challenges, and the winter is one of the most challenging times because it limits what I
Gateway Foundation
JANUARY 10, 2022
On the surface, casinos seem like fun places to spend a Saturday night with friends. These attractive establishments have everything it takes to create a fantasy world, from elaborate light fixtures to endless rows of glowing slot machines. Most guests probably don’t contemplate a casino’s design or glitzy decor when they’re placing bets.
Social Work Blog
JANUARY 5, 2022
January 5, 2022. This blog post updates information from our post of December 21, 2021. It provides updated clarifying information that was not available until now regarding Part II of a federal rule that pertains to the provision of Good Faith Estimates (GFEs). And it provides new information on Part I of this regulation. If you reviewed our December 21 post, you may also find it helpful to review this one.
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