The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals: Book Review Looking for practical self-care tips for social workers? Are you a social worker or other helping professional who struggles with incorporating self-care into your daily life? If yes, you are likely to find Erlene Grise-Owens, Justin “Jay” Miller, and Mindy Eaves book […]
Financial Self-Care Is a Necessity, Not a Luxury!
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 […]
Self-Compassion Tips to Boost Wellbeing
Self-compassion, as per Kristin Neff, PhD, a pioneering self-compassion researcher, entails giving ourselves “the same kindness and care we’d give a good friend.” Self-kindness will not only help increase our ability to cope with difficulties, but also help us succeed. A few weeks ago, I was most fortunate in being able to meet Dr Kristin […]
25 Social Workers Share Why They Love Social Work!
25 Social Worker Quotes In honor of March being National Social Work Month, SocialWork.Career asked many social workers what they love most about their work. Below is part one, and part 2 appears in Social Worker Month: 10 Reasons for Social Workers to Stand Up. As per the 25 responses provided, social workers are inclined to love their profession for the following reasons: it’s the best […]
Got Anger? Try HEArt Anger Management!
The #1 Reason for Anger (and What You Can Do About It) Could you, or some of your clients benefit from a method of anger management? If yes, you may be interested in the powerful HEArt Program developed by Howard Lipke, Ph.D. It is a unique anger prevention system that he developed based upon his work with Veterans. This post […]
