Have you been looking for a way to boost your mental strength, or increase your ability to cope with life’s inevitable stresses and challenges? If yes, you will want to take Amy Morin’s new online course: Mental Strength: Mastering the 3 Core Factors. This course is based upon Amy’s well-known post and subsequent book 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t […]
How to Promote Community Resilience Outside Therapy
How to Help Communities Recover From Disasters Have you wanted to find out how you may employ your clinical skills to help individuals/the community outside of the traditional setting? As per the inspiring talk “Outside the Four Walls,” Jack Saul, PhD gave at the 2015 Psychotherapy Networker Symposium, there are many different ways that mental health professionals and social […]
Best in Mental Health (10/5/15 – 10/18/15)
Below is a round-up of some of the latest news in mental health (and more)! This week’s wrap-up has 5 main themes: Healthcare Advocacy/Cultural Sensitivity Therapy/Emotions Technology and Mental Health Career/Non-Profit Healthcare NATO Develops a Multinational Telemedicine System Designed For Emergency Response – When it comes to disaster relief, time is of the essence; this is […]
Best in Mental Health (9/21/15 – 10/4/15)
Below is a round-up of some of the latest news in mental health (and more)! This week’s wrap-up has 5 main themes: Advocacy/Cultural Sensitivity Technology and Mental Health Therapy/Relationships Self-Care Career/Non-Profit Advocacy/Cultural Sensitivity Asylum Discourse in New Zealand: Moral Panic and a Culture of Indifference – Bogen & Marlowe share their paper in which they discuss how the social work profession may address […]
Best in Mental Health (9/7/15 – 9/20/15)
Below is a round-up of some of the latest news in mental health (and more)! This week’s wrap-up has 4 main themes: Cultural Sensitivity/Stigma Technology and Mental Health Therapy NonProfit/Career Cultural Sensitivity/Stigma Alternative identities – DJ Williams addresses some of the personal and professional issues helping professionals face when working with people who identify as alternative identities such as […]
Race Matters: How to Talk Effectively About Race
Have you wanted to be able to have a conversation about race but not really known how? Or have you wanted to help your clients feel comfortable in talking to you about race? While many of us recognize that racism is a big problem in the United States, we tend to be uncomfortable discussing race. This is because […]
Best in Mental Health (8/24/15 – 9/6/15)
Below is a round-up of some of the latest news in mental health (and more)! This week’s wrap-up has 3 main themes: Therapy/Client Sensitivity Technology and Mental Health Career/NonProfit/Private Practice Therapy/Client Sensitivity Three Alternatives to Self-Injury – Oberg describes the alternatives to self-injury of putting (and peeling off) glue on the hands, snapping a rubber band on the wrist […]
Online Toolkit for New Social Workers
Are you a social work educator interested in incorporating social media into your social work curriculum? Or are you a social work student or new social worker wondering how you may enhance your social work practice via the use of social media? Laurel Hitchcock, PhD, MPH, LCSW, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Work at the University of […]
Best in Mental Health (8/10/15 – 8/23/15)
Below is a round-up of some of the latest news in mental health (and more)! This week’s wrap-up has the following main themes: Therapy/Relationships Technology and Mental Health Social Work Practice Advocacy/Biases NonProfit/Career Self Care/Self Improvement Therapy/Relationships Book Review: “The Marshmallow Test” – book is part memoir and part scientific analysis of Mischel’s work on self-control; to exert more control […]
Play Therapy: Healing Through Play
What Is Play Therapy? Have you wondered what play therapy is and/or how you may incorporate it into your practice? This post will provide an introduction to play therapy, as well as give you an Inside Out Feelings Activity that you may conduct with your child/client to help him/her better understand and manage emotions. Today’s guest expert is Jennifer Taylor, a […]
