Manage Your Energy for Optimal Ethical Therapy Is there a connection between ethics, performance and self-care? Absolutely! According to Mary Jo Barrett, MSW, there is not only a link between these elements but she argues that it is not ethical for a social worker (or other mental health provider) to not be emotionally or physically […]
4 First Session Strategies Every Therapist Should Know
Why must social workers (and other mental health providers) make the most of their first session with each client? This is because most people drop out of therapy after only one session! Furthermore, on average, people go for a total of 5 to 8 sessions. This suggests that we need to start doing something differently during […]
How to Be Culturally Competent with Latino Clients
Would you like to be able to provide culturally appropriate mental health services to your Latino clients? A few days ago, I had the pleasure of attending Dr. Parra-Cardona’s workshop at the Ackerman Institute for the Family on providing an ecological and culturally relevant framework for working with the Latino population in clinical practice. According to Dr. Parra […]
Got clients? Learn about cyberculture!
Therapy’s Digital Future Are you a social worker or other mental health professional who is curious about online therapy? DeeAnna Nagel, LPC, DCC, gave an informative presentation about Therapy’s Digital Future at the 2013 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium. While I was not able to personally attend DeeAnna’s talk, I was fortunate to be able to listen to the audio […]
50 Shades of Pain
50 Shades of Pain Child abuse comes in many forms, Neglect, emotional, physical, sexual, And for some, a combo, You may think this is an anomaly, Something that only happens to other people, To folks different from you in some way… But the perpetrators come from… All socioeconomic backgrounds, All racial groups, all types of […]
