Would you like to have a look at some practice questions to help you prepare for your LMSW (ASWB) exam? Below are 10 questions that we went over during a review class at my school: 1. A fifteen year old girl has been sent home from school on three occasions for drinking alcohol at school. […]
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 […]
20 Motivational Quotes for Job Seekers – It’s Only a Matter of Time
Could you use a little encouragement as you are looking for a job or contemplating a career change? I think that we could all use that from time to time… To that end, I put together a list of twenty motivational quotes for job seekers that you may find helpful. My hope is that reading […]
Gestalt Therapy and Dream Analysis
Have you ever wondered what your dreams mean? Today, I will share with you what I learned in my class on Gestalt therapy and the interpretation of dreams. I found this topic to be particularly fascinating. Below is a brief video clip in which Fritz Perls, the father of Gestalt therapy, is explaining the process […]
Don’t Put All Your Eggs Into One Basket
If there is one key lesson that I learned since my last job search post, it is that one should not put all of one’s eggs into one basket… Why am I saying this? Because I made this faux pas. To backtrack, a contact had kindly let me know that a clinical position had opened […]
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 […]
10 Sources for Evidence-Based Practice
Some of you may be wondering what is evidence-based practice… In a nutshell, evidence-based practice refers to the type of decision-making process in which the clinician uses the best evidence available for treatment, in consultation with the client, to decide upon the treatment option that best suits the client. In this manner, the practitioner is […]
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 […]
What Are Microaggressions?
According to Dr. Derald Wing Sue, microaggressions are common everyday slights, insults and indignities (whether intentional or unintentional) that communicate humiliating messages to a particular person or group. Some microaggressions may be so subtle that neither the victim nor the perpetrator may fully understand what is going on. To learn more about microaggressions, I interviewed […]
