Do you sometimes wonder how much personal information to share with a client? Or whether to disclose any information at all? The truth of the matter is that we are always disclosing things about ourselves all the time in the way we dress, talk and respond to things that are being shared with us, as […]
4 Ways to Use Digital Tools to Engage Clients
Are you looking for some innovative ways to connect with your clients? You might want to consider employing technology to facilitate engagement with some of your clients. Yajaira Curiel, MFT shared some simple low-tech illustrations of how she has done this in her practice at a presentation she gave called “Digital Tools for Healing.” […]
Got Therapy? We All Have Wounds…
Are you about to embark on a career in social work or mental health? Or are you an experienced mental health practitioner with pearls of wisdom to pass on to newcomers? In September, Linda Grobman and Karen Zgoda put together THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER® Magazine’s Back-to-School Guide for Social Work Students [affiliate link] and asked several […]
The Social Work Interview – Book Review
Are you looking for a resource to provide you with a good foundation on how to engage with and interview your clients? The Social Work Interview, Fifth Edition by Alfred Kadushin and Goldie Kadushin may be the perfect solution to your problem! Kadushin, A. & Kadushin, G. (2013) provide you with a thorough review of […]
How to Build Cultural Competence
Raquel Ferrell Crowley What is cultural competence? And how do we improve our capability in this area? In this post, you will have the opportunity to not only find out what cultural competence is, but to meet an expert on cultural competence, take an assessment of how you are doing and take some online cultural competence training! […]
