Family and/or Couples’ Therapy Have you wanted to know what a family/couples’ therapist does and/or what you could do to improve the communications in your family unit? These are some of the questions explored in an interview with Laurel Wiig, Ph.D., MFT., who is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Laurel has advanced clinical training […]
A Day in the Life of a CPS Social Worker
Have you wondered what a typical day of work is like for a social worker in Child Protective Services (CPS)? Thanks to Brock Venture*, who has been in the field for 15 years, and kindly agreed to be interviewed, this post will provide you with an idea of what social work in child welfare is […]
Social Worker Living Successfully with Dissociative Identity Disorder
I’m Here by Nancy-Lee Mauger You Can Have Dissociative Identity Disorder and Thrive ! Are you shocked to hear that a mental health professional with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is able to lead a productive life? You need not be. Many individuals with DID live healthy and fulfilling lives (ISSTD, n.d.). However, as a result of […]
Parts Psychology: A Trauma-Based Treatment Approach
Are you looking for an innovative approach to healing trauma? Have you heard about Parts Psychology and wondered what it was all about? According to this approach [and the Internal Family Systems], we all have a number of different personality parts and these parts developed [and continue to develop] as a result of our having to address […]
Battered Women’s Protective Strategies – Book Review
Do you work with women who are physically abused and wonder how best to help them? Contrary to public opinion and the views of many domestic violence agencies, leaving the batterer is not necessarily the only or best solution available to intimate violence survivors. Sherry Hamby proposes in her book: Battered Women’s Protective Strategies, an […]
