Got a Client with a Hoarding Problem? Assess for Safety! How do you assess whether an individual has a hoarding problem? What questions do you ask to ascertain whether the person’s clutter is a safety/health concern? Individuals with compulsive hoarding disorder typically lack awareness of the severity of their behavior and may even deny that they […]
What Is Hoarding?
What’s the Difference Between Hoarding and Collecting? Hoarding or collecting things, Is there a difference? Yes, there is! When collecting, you are spending, Much of your time seeking, Organizing, maintaining and… Displaying your cherished items, However, when hoarding, You are just accumulating, Quantities of things that have, Little or no value and, You tend to […]
Got Therapy Practice? Create Your Own Website!
The Minimalist Guide to Creating a Therapist Website Are you a social worker or mental health professional who would like to set up your own wordpress blog? If yes, you are likely to find the WordPress Video course created by Cathy Hanville, LCSW, very helpful. Cathy is a licensed clinical social worker who has a clinical […]
Supervision in Social Work: A Book Review
Are you looking for a good resource to prepare you to take on the role of social work supervisor? Or perhaps you are an educator looking for an excellent book about supervision to use in your advanced practice class? If yes, Supervision in Social Work, Fifth Edition, by Alfred Kadushin and Daniel Harkness may be the […]
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 […]
