Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

I’m a mere therapist, but if I could share one piece of life advice with anyone, it would be this: Take an improv class. And, improv teachers and therapists cultivate an environment of support, empathy, validation, and a space to improve skills. There is a shared idea that it’s ok to be vulnerable and experience an array of emotions.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

She has worked as a school psychologist in public schools in New York and as a clinical psychologist in various clinic settings. Thus, it is the responsibility of both the school and parents to maintain open communication regarding a students’ education plan. To learn how to do this, we spoke with Cheryl N. Engel, Ph.D.

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Schools Communication Clinic Human Services 52

My Brains Not Broken

MAY 16, 2023

Getting an appointment with a therapist or other mental health professional is rarely as easy as it seems. We can support taking mental health days at work or school, but what if the timing isn’t right? Although we are responsible for our mental health, there are many things out of our control.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Tolman went back to school at age 37 to earn his MSW and said he became interested in mixed martial arts after watching matches on TV. “I “I address negative self-talk, like ‘I’m a disappointment’ or ‘I’m not good enough’ and work to replace this with ‘I can do my best’ or ‘I’m OK regardless.’

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Therapist Self-harm Private Practice Anxiety 52

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Therapists often question if by having their animal present while working are they actually providing AAT services to their clients. The webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Animal assisted therapy (AAT) has become increasingly popular over the past decade. Questions surface as to what AAT really is.

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LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Psychology 75

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

After high school, when Urbina was working on her bachelor’s degree, she stopped swimming for about four years as life got in the way. Urbina is an outpatient mental health therapist for the Children’s Bureau of Southern California in Valencia. There, she said, “I really flourished.” ” Why Swimming?

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Social Worker Therapist Depression Mental Health 74

Relias

JUNE 19, 2023

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) predicts that, by 2025, the U.S. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) predicts that, by 2025, the U.S.

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Psychiatric Healthcare Mental Health Communication 97

Bipolar Bandit

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Part 6: My Daughter’s Struggles in School. Part 3: My Daughter’s Diagnosis and my Reaction. HOW I DEAL WITH HER MANIC EPISODES. Part 5: The next Manic Episode and some things I learned. Writings from the Mother of Bipolar Disorder Part 7: Giving Back. Part 8: A Mental Health Advocate Lives On.

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KVC

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

School professionals and other advocates in the child’s life can support the child by creating moments for meaningful connection. Annmarie : KVC’s therapists, case managers, and discharge planners work with the family and community partners to set up aftercare services to ensure continued stability. Transitioning Back to School.

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Psychiatric Hospitals Mental Health Therapist 52

Relias

JUNE 22, 2023

As some therapists are reluctant to use CBT because it can be seen as manualized (following predetermined guidelines) and boring, we’ll guide you through what you need to know to get buy-in from your staff, including: what CBT is, why it’s so important when working with younger clients, and how to begin using at your organization.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 1, 2022

Do my skills align with the amount of knowledge I gained in school? There are clinical, military, hospital, school social work, and other options. This simply means that an individual can marry various systems, schools of thoughts, and theories, and apply them to real-life scenarios. Will I be able to cut it?

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Bipolar Bandit

MARCH 7, 2024

However, I am going to say there is one old school antipsychotic I can take that will bring me down. Another thing that is important is to have an open conversation with your therapist and psychiatrist. I have made it a practice to not talk about specific medications in my blogs or groups because everyone is different.

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Disorder Mental Health Psychiatric Communication 124

Beautiful Voyager

JULY 5, 2023

The author Natalia Aniela Aíza My journey as an OCD therapist (and what I have yet to learn). By middle school, my compulsive cutting had morphed into stealing. If I put my therapist hat on, I am able to identify my current OCD as “ego-syntonic.” Compulsions are some of my earliest childhood memories.

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OCD Self-harm Therapist Mental Health 59

Social Work Haven

APRIL 3, 2023

Then where does she/he spend most of her time example school. A straight line between her and the school counsellor and therapist show she receives energy from both of them. You start by putting the person in the middle of the circle and draw circles around them. Her relationship with her father is stronger.

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Social Worker Interventional Therapist Schools 97

R.E.A.L. Social Workers

MARCH 4, 2022

You may need to see a therapist or life coach to help you work through the hindering belief. A simple timeline looks like number line elementary school teachers use to teach addition and subtraction. Others may choose to start their timeline with high school graduation. Here is another way to address your fear of change.

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Brightpoint

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In-school mental health services help students process trauma so they can focus on learning. By Mike Shaver, President & CEO, Brightpoint It’s back-to-school season in Chicago, and students are carrying many unseen burdens with them to class. This is double the rate of PTSD among service members returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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PTSD Mental Health Substance Abuse Interventional 52

Creative Play Therapist

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Bumble BLS is an innovative new bilateral stimulation system designed for therapists to use with their clients during sessions, as well as for people of all ages to use for stress relief and emotional regulation at home. The story of Bumble BLS begins with Registered Play Therapist Lauren Stockly.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2022

But, much like a school lunchroom, the skunks tend to go to the skunk-led panels and the child welfare establishment types tend to stick to the garden parties. They pore over reports from therapists. For the past few years, they’ve been inviting a lot of us skunks to their garden party. Martin Guggenheim was a keynoter this year.

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Social Work Blog

MAY 24, 2023

As a Systems Therapist, I welcome all attendees to the session, (in person or in absentia). My job, as her therapist, is to provide crowd control. Lorrie has practiced in a variety of settings including private practice, non-profit, inpatient psychiatric, military behavioral health, schools, corporations, and human service agencies.

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Social Work Haven

MAY 14, 2023

Whether it’s choosing a role in school settings with built-in breaks, pursuing private practice for greater scheduling autonomy, exploring flexible schedules in community organisations, or engaging in contract work, social workers have options. Social workers can tailor their career path to align with their desired work-life balance.

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NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Shanta Trivedi, faculty director of the Sayra and Neil Meyerhoff Center for Families, Children and the Courts at the University of Baltimore School of Law, write about the need to repeal the law that did so much to get us into this mess, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 3, 2022

They may engage in certain avoidance behaviors like: Withdrawing from family, friends, and co-workers Isolating themselves or hiding "away from the world" Avoiding family time or social functions or engagements Avoiding work or school by saying they're ill What Causes a Nervous Breakdown?

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Disorder Mental Health Self-harm Anxiety 96

Center for Child Protection

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Olivia’s Outcry Olivia was just 10 years old when she told a school counselor that her father’s best friend, whom she had called ‘Uncle John’ all her life, had forced her to do things she wasn’t comfortable with over the past 12 months. This is the story of how our village helped Olivia. They made me feel safe.

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Relias

DECEMBER 19, 2022

will have shortages of : 78,050 school counselors. 10,470 marriage and family therapists. Marriage and family therapists: 14%. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) predicts that, by 2025, the U.S. 57,490 psychologists. 48,540 social workers. 26,930 mental health counselors. 15,400 psychiatrists.

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Psychiatric Healthcare Mental Health Substance Abuse 52

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

UConn School of Social Work professor S. Berthold was a longtime mental health clinician and trauma specialist working with refugees and asylum seekers since the mid 1980s prior to joining UConn’s School of Social Work in 2011.

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Relias

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Cheri DiStefano had been working in the corporate world for over a decade when she felt a calling to go to nursing school. After successfully completing a major three-year project at work, she took it as a sign to start applying to nursing schools. Many people consider career changes, but few follow through.

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Healthcare Hospitals Therapist Clinic 52

Teaching & Learning in Social Work

AUGUST 20, 2024

Child Welfare Social Worker vs. Social Services Specialist III) Organization Type: (Government, Non-profit, For-profit, Outside social services) Setting: (School, Clinic, Hospital, etc.) I introduced her to the art therapist, which became a powerful outlet for her emotions. Job Information: Descriptive Job Title: (e.g.,

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Social Work Blog

JANUARY 25, 2023

I suggested we talk a bit about the issue that prompted his search for a therapist and maybe we could explore if I might be helpful. He had never been in therapy and wanted to establish trust by vetting therapists who had credentials and used language with which he was familiar. Then, we talked. Makes sense with one caveat.

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Community Care

JUNE 7, 2024

However, it is widely expected that certain services, including the NHS, defence, schools, international aid and childcare, will receive above-average settlements. The current government has made no spending plans for 2025-26 onwards, though it has pencilled in real-terms increases of 1% per year up to 2028-29.

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University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Emily Henderson is Master level social worker who currently works for The Department of Corrections as a License Drug and Alcohol Therapist. She later graduated in 2013 with a Masters in Social Work from the University Of Connecticut School Of Social work; located in West Hartford, CT.

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LMSW Justice and Corrections Criminal Justice Addiction 52

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Emily Henderson is Master level social worker who currently works for The Department of Corrections as a License Drug and Alcohol Therapist. She later graduated in 2013 with a Masters in Social Work from the University Of Connecticut School Of Social work; located in West Hartford, CT.

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LMSW Justice and Corrections Criminal Justice Addiction 52

Clinical Philosophy

MAY 1, 2021

What distinguishes the master therapist? I've long suspected that an important aspect of such a therapist is her moral seriousness. The therapist is after all a professional, is someone who does her job because she enjoys exercising her skills. It's precisely here that the therapist's moral seriousness is most required.

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Psychotherapy Therapist Empathy Engagement 40

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Therapists often question if by having their animal present while working are they actually providing AAT services to their clients. The webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) has become increasingly popular over the past decade. Questions surface as to what AAT really is.

LMSW 40

LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Psychology 40

University of Connecticut

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Therapists often question if by having their animal present while working are they actually providing AAT services to their clients. The webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) has become increasingly popular over the past decade. Questions surface as to what AAT really is.

LMSW 8

LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Psychology 8

University of Connecticut

AUGUST 31, 2022

Therapists often question if by having their animal present while working are they actually providing AAT services to their clients. The webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete. Animal assisted therapy (AAT) has become increasingly popular over the past decade. Questions surface as to what AAT really is.

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LMSW Nursing Home Therapist Psychology 40

University of Connecticut

MAY 8, 2023

Thanks to the generosity of our donors, the School of Social Work is able to offer a number of scholarship opportunities to our BSW and MSW students each academic year. Rachelle Bataille, Bachelor of Social Work This scholarship meant a lot to me because this has been one of my most challenging school years.

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LMSW Justice and Corrections Schools Mental Health 52

KVC

MAY 24, 2022

How This Teacher Helped a Student Overcome Massive Challenges to Graduate High School. Over a 16-year therapist career, I have seen many lives transformed – Rachel Criss, KVC West Virginia. Girl who experienced trauma feels glimmer of hope, thanks to therapist – Valerie Nichols, KVC West Virginia.

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