I hope you don’t mind but today I thought I would write a rather personal post. As some of you may know from Employing Fran Drescher’s “Cancer Schmancer” Approach, there is someone near and dear to me who has cancer. Since that post, my friend has undergone a series of intensive chemotherapy and things were […]
Career Advice from Editor of The New Social Worker
Are you wondering how flexible the social work field is in terms of professional opportunities? As per Linda Grobman, MSW, LSW, CMP, the “opportunities for you as a social worker are wide open! It is such a broad and varied field, and there is always something new to learn. Don’t feel […]
On Site Visit at Social Work Placement
Last week was a very busy week for me because school had started up again. This means that I am back to juggling school requirements in addition to my three days at the outpatient mental health clinic where I am interning. In addition, it just so happened that my faculty advisor was scheduled to make […]
Facing the Past as You Help Others Heal
As mentioned in Healing Yourself as You Heal Others, often the work you do as a therapist with clients leads you to discover and face your own personal wounds. This personal journey is essentially a requirement to avoid having your own issues interfere with the therapy you are conducting with your clients via counter-transference that […]
Parallel Processes, Boundaries & Authenticity
This week, I listened to a very interesting podcast from the University of Buffalo’s School of Social Work (UBSSW) addressing the topic of the supervisor – supervisee relationship in clinical social work settings. This podcast (Living Proof episode #5) is titled Models of Supervision: Parallel Processes and Honest Relationships and in it Dr. Lawrence Shulman, […]
