Last week, we learned from Kathleen Sciacca, a pioneer in the development of integrated treatment for co-occurring mental illness and substance disorders, that “Motivational Interviewing (MI) is grounded in Carl Rogers’ “client-centered” counseling and “empathic reflective listening.” This week, we are fortunate to have another opportunity to learn more about this client-centered approach with Kathleen […]
Motivational Interviewing: A Client-Centered Approach (1 of 2)
What is motivational interviewing? Have you heard about this term and wondered what exactly it was referring to? Today’s interview is with Kathleen Sciacca, a trainer and programmer for Motivational Interviewing, as well as a pioneer in the development of integrated treatment for co-occurring mental illness and substance disorders. Her integrated treatment programs and motivational […]
What Every Social Worker Needs to Know About Financial Self-Care
What is financial self-care? Have you heard of the term Financial Social Work and wondered what it was referring to? Today’s interview is with Reeta Wolfsohn, CMSW, the developer of Financial Social Work and founder of the Center of Financial Social Work. In essence, Financial Social Work is an innovative financial self-care toolkit that could enable both you and […]
An Online Community for Social Workers
Socialworkhelper is an online magazine with over 85K fans (as of 2015) ! How did it all begin? As Deona Hooper, MSW, founder of the publication/community, explains that it “was born from pain. This time period was one of the most difficult times in my life. I had no health insurance, and had to access the free clinic […]
Dialectical Behavior Therapy – A Mindfulness-Based Behavioral Therapy
What is dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)? This week, we have the pleasure of an interview on this very topic with Laura Schenck, M.A.. You will have the opportunity to learn what dialectical behavior therapy is and be provided with a brief overview of this modality. As per Laura, “DBT makes use of some standard CBT […]
