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 […]
The Secrets to Increasing Your Willpower
Do you wish that you had more willpower to do (or not do) certain things? This post will provide you with some helpful guidance on how you can build up your willpower (or information on how you may assist your clients to increase theirs). It will be based upon learnings that Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D. has […]
Can Emotional Stress Cause Pain? [5 of 5]
Have you heard of Integral Somatic Psychotherapy? This final post of the “Can Emotional Stress Cause Pain?” series will be providing you with the Integral Somatic Psychotherapy (ISP) approach to addressing chronic pain. It is based upon the presentation that Dr. Raja Selvam, PhD gave at the When Stress Causes Pain: Innovative Treatments for Psychophysiologic Disorders conference. For those of you […]
Social Worker on Job Interview: A Drunk/High Client Shows Up…
Have you ever been asked on a job interview for a prospective new social work position: How would you react to a person who just walked in and appears to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol? To help you be prepared for such a question, I consulted with two social workers who are currently […]
Repair and Resilience in the Trans-Generational Transmission of Trauma
This weekend, I had the opportunity to attend The Wounds of History: Repair and Resilience in the Trans-Generational Transmission of Trauma conference that was sponsored by the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, The Psychoanalytic Society of the Postdoctoral Program, and the NYU-GSAS Trauma and Violence Transdisciplinary Studies Program. The speakers were expert trauma-related mental health professionals (a […]
