Martin Webber

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

A new podcast discussing Connecting People in Sheffield has just been released.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Over the decades, the American Psychological Association (APA) and other professional psychology organizations have provided considerable leadership towards the advocacy of equality. This commitment has undergirded the call for multicultural competency and humility in professional clinical practice and research and across a range of individual and group differences.

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Social Work Synergy

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

by Kelly Zaky, Graduate Student, University at Buffalo. One of the great things about the University at Buffalo (UB) is how well it accepts and supports the diverse passions of its students, often encouraging innovation resulting from multiple perspectives. Undergraduate students are encouraged to take “pathways” (a series of courses that look at similar topics within different disciplines) to have a more well-rounded experience and knowledge, and this same idea transfers into the varieties of g

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Doin' The Work

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Episode 26. Guests: Brenton Gicker & Chelsea Swift. Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW. . www.dointhework.com. Listen/Subscribe on: Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , Stitcher , Spotify. Follow on Twitter & Instagram , Like on Facebook. Join the mailing list. Support the podcast. Download transcript. Transcription services provided by FIU’s Disability Resource Center. .

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Summary • 46% of people in the US are exposed to adverse childhood experiences. (Early Intervention) • Instruction in skills to handle emotional dysregulation • Mindfulness • Vulnerability prevention and awareness • Emotion Regulation • Distress Tolerance • Problem Solving • Of those exposed to trauma, education about and normalization of heightened emotional reactivity and susceptibility to PTSD in the future may be helpful Summary • 46% of people in the US are exposed to adverse childhood expe

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The Vintage Social Worker

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

I apologise to my followers for having stopped writing but last summer seemed to drain me and left me rather lacking in passion for writing anything. I will not bore you with the details but the political situation had much to do with it. I felt that in the face of such a move to the right the most vulnerable in our society whose life chances are few anyway were really about to be lost to the tide of populism.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Our field has accumulated a lot of empirical support for the use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) in treating a wide range of mental and behavioral health problems. However, these gold-standard CBT treatments remain extremely difficult to access, leaving wide gaps between those who need psychological care and those who actually receive it (Wang et al., 2005).

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Social Work Synergy

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Reblogged from #MacroSW: Where Social Workers Connect About Macro Practice, Post by Kristen Battista-Frazee: [link]. Editor’s Note: If you have any priorities that you’d like NASW to address, please email [link] or join the chat on Feb. 13th! The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) works on a range of policy initiatives which supports and affects social workers nationwide.

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Martin Webber

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

What small step can you take to tackle inequality?

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Summary ~ Information is key; people who are quarantined need to understand the situation ~ Effective and rapid communication is essential ~ Supplies (both general and medical) need to be provided or available (i.e. online shopping) ~ The quarantine period should be short and the duration should not be changed unless in extreme circumstances ~ Most of the adverse effects come from the imposition of a restriction of freedom ~ Voluntary quarantine is associated with less distress and fewer long-te

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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.

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Summary – Consistency: Rules, routines, reactions – Responsiveness: To individual needs and preferences – Attention: For being lovable and positive behaviors – Validation: Of their thoughts, feelings and way of being in the world – Empathy: For how their sensory and neurological differences impact them emotionally, cognitively, interpersonally, physically – Solutions: – To help them become more mindful and mitigate or prevent triggers for unwanted behaviors. – To help them develop the skills nee

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

Summary ~ Once clients are mindfully aware of their thoughts, sensations and urges and willing to accept the moment, they need skills to tolerate that distress ~ Help clients develop a menu of options which they can select from when they are in crisis. ~ They feel how they feel ~ Help them tolerate the distress until the intense emotions subside and they can get into their wise mind.

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Summary • Depression is the cluster of symptoms created when there is a neurochemical imbalance in the brain. • What causes the imbalance can be emotional, cognitive, physical, interpersonal, environmental or some combination of the above. • Part of the strengths based approach means helping people see what they already are doing to prevent or deal with the symptoms • Biopsychosocial means • Examining all causative factors • Recognizing that all factors are reciprocal in nature.

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Summary • Anger and anxiety are normal emotions that help people survive. • Answers can often be found by asking: “What happened to this person that would trigger this reaction?” • Situations that trigger anger and anxiety often involve a sense of being unsafe, a loss of something, emotions that are unable to be handled effectively, and an alteration of how that person envisions the future. • Problems arise when anger and anxiety are misinterpreted or the person does not have the skills to deal

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Summary • There are many similarities between Pain, mood and addictive disorders • Integrated, concurrent, biopsychosocial treatment is vital • Mood impacts pain which impacts life satisfaction • Recovery supports realistic beliefs and identifies controllable factors àenhanced outcomes • Patients with current addictions or mental health issues need concurrent treatment Summary • There are many similarities between Pain, mood and addictive disorders • Integrated, concurrent, biopsychosocial treat

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Summary • Self esteem begins in childhood • Being aware of self helps people identify their strengths and develop their “me” identity. • Part of self esteem development includes • Values identification • Understanding wants vs. needs • Addressing cognitive distortions • Being aware of sensations, feelings and thoughts • Helps choose behaviors which are in unison with values • Helps support people through the difficult moments • Silences the critics • Clarifies who people are and what people want

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Summary • Losses encompass more than death or a person or loss of property • Failure to acknowledge losses can cause unhelpful reactions in similar future situations • It is important to explore feelings and reactions in terms of their functionality how are they benefitting the person • It takes at least a year to deal with significant losses • Many times there are multiple ancillary losses that need to be addressed • How people deal with grief and loss varies widely. • Grieving is a form of cri

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Summary ~ Failure to develop a primary attachment relationship can be viewed as a loss (or something that was needed that was never achieved) ~ When examining the behaviors of adult or adolescent clients whose primary attachment was disrupted, the traumatic impact can be seen. ~ In order to help people reconcile the trauma it is essential to help them ~ Identify and grieve the losses ~ Review and remember realistically what happened (to combat inaccurate schema) ~ Review the assumptive world (if

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

FEBRUARY 1, 2020

Summary • Contextual CBT involves understanding people’s phenomenological truth • Problems can arise when people • Thinks/feels that they are not who they should be or things are not as they should be • Are unaware of their internal feelings, thoughts, urges • Are unaware of the motivation (in context) of their feelings, thoughts, urges • Use rigid problem solving and conceptualization without considering context or perspective • Contextual CBT uses awareness, mindfulness, radical acceptance and

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Society of Clinical Psychology

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

A client presents with problems of anxiety. Most distressing to the client is his excessive worry about a number of things that he finds difficult to control and is negatively affecting his life. Using current classification systems like the DSM, we may initially conclude that this presentation can best be described as generalised anxiety disorder (GAD).

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