Financial self-care leads to greater financial health and overall wellbeing. Would you like to improve your financial self-care? This post will provide you with a brief introduction to Financial Social Work, and how to begin to engage in better financial self-care. Financial Social Work is an interactive and introspective psychosocial behavioral model developed by Reeta Wolfsohn, CMSW, that helps […]
Best in Mental Health: Stretch Your Skills!
Mental Health Roundup 8/21/17 – 9/10/17 This contains some of the latest news in social work, healthcare, private practice and more! It may assist you in better parenting, engaging teens, taking a public stand and sharing social work expertise, avoiding burnout and building a private practice. This wrap-up’s main themes are: Therapy and Relationships Advocacy Healthcare Social Work, […]
Trauma Treatment: Talking Is Not Enough
Would you like to know why talking therapy is insufficient for successful trauma treatment of your clients? Or, would you like to be able to improve your results with clients with a history of trauma? Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, a world-renowned expert on trauma, offers a six-hour presentation on this very topic. In this […]
Best in Mental Health: Stand Up!
Mental Health Roundup 8/7/17 – 8/20/17 This contains some of the latest news in social work, healthcare, private practice and more! It may assist you in better parenting, getting unstuck with clients, responding to the aftermath of Charlottesville, using technology, avoiding burnout and creating a marketing plan. This wrap-up’s main themes are: Therapy and Relationships Advocacy Healthcare Social […]
Workplace Violence Prevention for Social Workers
Workplace violence prevention is a topic of great interest to social workers and mental health clinicians. This is because health care workers are more likely than workers overall to be assaulted at work, as per the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO, 2016). The most common types of assaults are hitting, kicking and beating and the […]
