Scapegoats and the Social Work Workplace
Preparing yourself and studying scapegoating dynamics is both empowering and a social work value.
View ArticleSelf-Care Summer: 4 Ways To Love Yourself
Self-care - loving on yourself like no one else is the best GIFT you can give yourself.
View ArticlePokémon GO and Social Work: Empowering With Pocket Monsters
What does Pokémon Go have to do with social work? Although no formal studies exist to testify to the mental health benefits of playing Pokémon Go, a number of news articles have presented anecdotal...
View ArticleAnabel - A Story of Change
I teach practice evaluation to master's level social work students. The basic premise of the course is to allow students to explore the parameters of their impact on client change through feedback and...
View ArticleSocial Work in Context - Video
Social workers talk about social work, social problems, and self-care in a video by Brad Forenza.
View ArticleReal World Clinical Blog: On Couples
Whether you work with couples or you work with individuals, the fact is that you work with couples in some capacity. This is because most of our clients bring in their most intimate relationships,...
View ArticleJoe-Time: A Ritual of Continuity
Joe-time should have almost no rules except to focus on the couple and their interactions, inner thoughts, feelings, and beliefs.
View ArticleSelf-Care: A Social Worker’s Guide to Staying on Your Feet
Social workers save lives every day, and it does not mean that you are not a superhero simply because you need to recharge.
View ArticleBook Trailer: The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social Workers and Other...
Watch the book trailer for The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals.
View ArticleWhat's So Wrong With Social Work School? (And How To Make It More Right)
Don’t get me wrong, I love social work. I even loved social work school. I am offering these reflections and suggestions with the hope that they will be validating and helpful in making your education...
View ArticleThis Week's News Items for Social Workers 8/27/16
News items of interest to social workers for the week of 8/27/16.
View ArticleSmall Mental Shifts Make Self-Care Possible for Social Workers
Small mental shifts, in individual social workers and in organizations, make self-care possible in our work.
View ArticleThe Welcome Lecture: Risks & Benefits of a Life in Social Work
I understand that you are interested in joining our club called “Social Work.” If you could spare a moment, I’d like to share some thoughts with you.
View ArticleReal World Clinical Blog: Self Care, Clients as Tenants, and Peer Support
The issue of achieving “good” self care at any time during one’s social work career is a near universal one. First, what “good” self care means varies from social worker to social worker.
View ArticleThis Week's News Items for Social Workers 9/3/16
News items of interest to social workers, week ending 9/3/16.
View ArticleReal World Clinical Blog: On Narcissism and its Discontents
Individuals with narcissistic tendencies, basically, function in a constant crisis around self-esteem. Rather than being driven by attachment, which many of us are, more narcissistic folks are driven...
View ArticleThe Weekly 5 in Social Work, 9/10/16
Items in the news of interest to social workers for 9/10/16.
View ArticleSelf-Care, A-to-Z: Struggles, Strategies, and Successes in Self-Care
Welcome to OUR blog! This space is for all of us to share our struggles, strategies, and successes with self-care! The blog was prompted by the recent publication of The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for...
View ArticleReal World Clinical Blog: Social Workers as Empaths, Small Talk, and...
Empaths feel with exquisite precision, are quite vulnerable to absorbing the energy of those around them, are easily hurt, are often considered “over-sensitive,” cannot easily compartmentalize...
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