The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals: Book Review Are you a social worker or other helping professional who struggles with incorporating self-care into your daily life? And/or would you like to start off the new year on a more relaxed note? If yes, you are likely to find Erlene Grise-Owens, […]
Best in Mental Health: Worklife Balance
Mental Health Roundup 12/11/17 – 12/24/17 This contains some of the latest news in social work, healthcare, private practice and more! It may assist you in preparing for the future of social work, improve your worklife balance and/or self-care, provide guidance to your children, benefit from your community, start up a practice and more. This wrap-up’s main themes […]
Best in Mental Health: Exercise Your Brain!
Mental Health Roundup 11/13/17 – 12/10/17 This contains some of the latest news in social work, healthcare, private practice and more! It may assist you in providing more effective therapy, working with your trans and nonbinary clients, improving health equity, addressing grief during the holidays, naming your private practice and more. This wrap-up’s main themes are: Therapy and […]
Best in Mental Health: Expand Your Skills!
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, would you like to be able to improve your results with clients with a history of trauma? Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, a world-renowned expert on trauma, offers a six-hour presentation on this very topic. In this […]
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 […]
