Have you heard about the concept of unlearning? According to Jack Uldrich, unlearning is a crucial skill to develop as part of the process of acquiring knowledge because some types of learning cannot occur until some unlearning has first taken place. In Jack’s latest book, Higher Unlearning: 39 Post-Requisite Lessons for Achieving a Successful Future […]
Social Work Abroad
You may think that social work in the United States and the United Kingdom is identical but actually that’s not true…To get a glimpse of what are some of the similarities and differences about social work, I had the pleasure of interviewing cb who is a social worker in the U.K. cb is also an […]
4 Nuggets from Yalom’s “The Gift of Therapy”
Have you read the book The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients (P.S.) (link affiliate) by Irvin Yalom? I loved this book because it has so many wonderful gems of therapeutic wisdom. Four nuggets of advice you may appreciate: Be Authentic and Admit to Mistakes When you […]
Social Work Vs. Psychology and a Taste of Hypnotherapy
Ari Hahn, LCSW, is an experienced mental health professional who has been trained as both a social worker and a psychologist. In addition to having a private practice, Ari teaches psychology at TCI College of Technology in New York. I had the pleasure of interviewing Ari this week. In this interview, Ari clarifies the main differences […]
Social Workers’ Locator Tool for Services
Aunt Bertha: Innovation in Social Work Have you heard of Aunt Bertha? Aunt Bertha is an innovative program makes it easy for both advocates and people in need to find food, health, housing and education programs in just a few clicks via the web. This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Erine Gray, a […]
