Have you been looking for a way to boost your mental strength, or increase your ability to cope with life’s inevitable stresses and challenges? If yes, you will want to take Amy Morin’s new online course: Mental Strength: Mastering the 3 Core Factors. This course is based upon Amy’s well-known post and subsequent book 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t […]
How to Promote Community Resilience Outside Therapy
How to Help Communities Recover From Disasters Have you wanted to find out how you may employ your clinical skills to help individuals/the community outside of the traditional setting? As per the inspiring talk “Outside the Four Walls,” Jack Saul, PhD gave at the 2015 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, there are many different ways that mental health professionals and social […]
Race Matters: How to Talk Effectively About Race
Have you wanted to be able to have a conversation about race but not really known how? Or have you wanted to help your clients feel comfortable in talking to you about race? While many of us recognize that racism is a big problem in the United States, we tend to be uncomfortable discussing race. This is because […]
Online Toolkit for New Social Workers
Are you a social work educator interested in incorporating social media into your social work curriculum? Or are you a social work student or new social worker wondering how you may enhance your social work practice via the use of social media? Laurel Hitchcock, PhD, MPH, LCSW, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of […]
Play Therapy: Healing Through Play
What Is Play Therapy? Have you wondered what play therapy is and/or how you may incorporate it into your practice? This post will provide an introduction to play therapy, as well as give you an Inside Out Feelings Activity that you may conduct with your child/client to help him/her better understand and manage emotions. Today’s guest expert is Jennifer Taylor, a […]
