Mental Health Roundup 10/23/17 – 11/12/17 This contains some of the latest news in social work, healthcare, private practice and more! It may assist you in building children’s ability to stand up for themselves and others, view mental health/illness differently, understand how social workers are heroes, use technology for scholarship, build a group practice and more. This […]
Best in Mental Health: Facing Uncertainty
Mental Health Roundup 9/25/17 – 10/22/17 This contains some of the latest news in social work, healthcare, private practice and more! It may assist you in building children’s ability to cope with trauma, reducing bullying in schools, understanding racism and white privilege, owning your expertise and more. This wrap-up’s main themes are: Therapy and Relationships Healthcare Advocacy Self […]
Best in Mental Health: Change-Making Skills
Mental Health Roundup 9/11/17 – 9/24/17 This contains some of the latest news in social work, healthcare, private practice and more! It may assist you in better engaging individuals at risk for suicide, teaching children and colleagues, addressing the ethics of social media, facing the financial aspects of running a private practice and more. This wrap-up’s main themes […]
Financial Self-Care Is a Necessity, Not a Luxury!
Financial self-care leads to greater financial health and overall wellbeing. Would you like to improve your financial self-care? This post will provide you with a brief introduction to Financial Social Work, and how to begin to engage in better financial self-care. Financial Social Work is an interactive and introspective psychosocial behavioral model developed by Reeta Wolfsohn, CMSW, that helps […]
Best in Mental Health: Stretch Your Skills!
Mental Health Roundup 8/21/17 – 9/10/17 This contains some of the latest news in social work, healthcare, private practice and more! It may assist you in better parenting, engaging teens, taking a public stand and sharing social work expertise, avoiding burnout and building a private practice. This wrap-up’s main themes are: Therapy and Relationships Advocacy Healthcare Social Work, […]
Trauma Treatment: Talking Is Not Enough
Would you like to know why talking therapy is insufficient for successful trauma treatment of your clients? Or improve your trauma treatment results with clients who have trauma histories? Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, a world-renowned expert on trauma, offers a six-hour presentation on this very topic. In this post, Amy Knitzer, LCSW, shares with you some […]
Best in Mental Health: Stand Up!
Mental Health Roundup 8/7/17 – 8/20/17 This contains some of the latest news in social work, healthcare, private practice and more! It may assist you in better parenting, getting unstuck with clients, responding to the aftermath of Charlottesville, using technology, avoiding burnout and creating a marketing plan. This wrap-up’s main themes are: Therapy and Relationships Advocacy Healthcare Social […]
Workplace Violence Prevention for Social Workers
Workplace violence prevention is a topic of great interest to social workers and mental health clinicians. This is because health care workers are more likely than workers overall to be assaulted at work, as per the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO, 2016). The most common types of assaults are hitting, kicking and beating and the […]
Best in Mental Health: Embrace Change!
Mental Health Roundup 7/17/17 – 8/6/17 This contains some of the latest news in social work, healthcare, private practice and more! It may assist you in better parenting, working with transgender persons, advocating, employing DBT, teaching online/using social media, increasing resilience and building a private practice. This wrap-up’s main themes are: Therapy and Relationships Advocacy Healthcare Social Work, […]
Self-Compassion Tips to Boost Wellbeing
Self-compassion, as per Kristin Neff, PhD, a pioneering self-compassion researcher, entails giving ourselves “the same kindness and care we’d give a good friend.” Self-kindness will not only help increase our ability to cope with difficulties, but also help us succeed. A few weeks ago, I was most fortunate in being able to meet Dr Kristin […]
