Quick Answer: What Is Self-Disclosure in Therapy & When to Use It Self-disclosure in therapy is when a therapist shares personal information, experiences, or reactions with a client. While we’re always disclosing through our office décor, clothing, and responses, intentional disclosure requires careful consideration. When Self-Disclosure Is Helpful Building therapeutic alliance – Research shows 30% […]
How to Build Your Online Authority and Make Friends
Are you trying to find a job? Building up a positive and reputable online brand identity might be the differentiating factor that makes a recruiter or hiring manager call you vs. another candidate. You may have thought that establishing a strong reputation would require creating (and maintaining) your own website or blog but this is […]
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.” […]
Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder
Growing Together by Nancy-Lee Mauger This artwork exhibits 25 parts of the artist; Shy (26th) chose to remain hidden. Would you be able to correctly diagnose an individual with Dissociation Identity Disorder (DID)? Between 1-3% of the general population have this mental illness, but only about 6% of them actually present with visibly distinct alternate identities. […]
Social Work Career Development Receives the Liebster Award !
Have you heard of the Liebster Award? The word ‘liebster’ means ‘dearest’, ‘sweetest’, ‘kindest’, ‘nicest’, ‘beloved’, ‘lovely’, ‘pleasant’, ‘sweetheart’, ‘endearing’ or ‘valued.’ It’s an award that has been making its rounds in the blogosphere for the purpose of discovering and recognizing new blogs in a “pay it forward” manner. A couple of weeks ago, Professor […]
My Three Words for 2014 : Daring, Connection & Self-Care
It is the beginning of the new year and as per Dr. Seuss in the book Oh, The Places You’ll Go!, states: “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” And this is so true… Furthermore, when/if you pick some goals or objectives […]
Top 18 Reader Comments from 2013
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it,” as Halford E. Luccok eloquently states. Similarly, Social Work Career Development could not exist without your loyal readership and valuable contributions. Your thoughts add so much interesting content and value to this site that I wanted to express my gratitude by […]
How to Start Art Journaling and Manage Stress
Have you wanted to try art journaling but weren’t quite sure what was involved? Art journaling can be a fun way of engaging in self-care while tapping into your creative side and you don’t even need to know how to draw :)Some of the benefits to art journaling, according to Malchiodi (2010), are that: It’s fun It’s […]
The Neuroscience of Well-Being, Mindfulness & Love [2 of 2]
Why Does Nearly Every Culture Engage In Some Form of Breath Practice? What is so special about the breath? In part one, we saw how mindful meditation has a positive impact on mental health from the Buddhist perspective, as presented by Jack Kornfield during the two-day conference that both he and Dan Siegel gave about […]
The Neuroscience of Well-Being, Mindfulness & Love [1 of 2]
Would you like to find out how you may experience more well-being in your life? According to both Jack Kornfield and Dan Siegel [experts from both eastern and western psychologies], the secret to greater mental health and well-being lies in engaging in mindful meditation, or loving-awareness practice. This is the first out of two posts that […]
