Social Work Blog
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
Social work is generally seen as a clinical field, so if you do choose to pursue roles outside of “traditional” social work, it might take some time to learn how you can sell yourself in the application and interview phase and prove that your skills are transferable.
Social Work Blog
FEBRUARY 13, 2024
I’m a mere therapist, but if I could share one piece of life advice with anyone, it would be this: Take an improv class. And, improv teachers and therapists cultivate an environment of support, empathy, validation, and a space to improve skills. There is a shared idea that it’s ok to be vulnerable and experience an array of emotions.
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Social Work Blog
JUNE 1, 2022
Students must decide what type of social worker they want to become, and where they would like to work. There are clinical, military, hospital, school social work, and other options. So why should students enter the realm of clinical social work in addiction?
inSocialWork
JULY 12, 2022
She holds a doctorate in clinical social work from the School of Policy and Practices at the University of Pennsylvania and is a licensed clinical social worker. Her scholarship examines young people’s minoritized, racialized, and gendered school experiences, school mental health, and social justice issues.
Social Workers Speak
AUGUST 18, 2022
Clinicians say their employer, Kaiser Permanente, is breaking state law by taking too long to connect patients with therapists. Sonyia Richardson is a member: Social media posts warn people not to call 988. Angelo State University has added a new Doctor of Social Work (D.S.W.) Mayo Clinic Health System.
The Licensed Clinical Social Worker Exam
OCTOBER 23, 2017
Family systems theory may or may not show up on the licensed clinical social work exam. But the language of family systems theory can still come in handy, in clinical practice and in life. Family systems theory springs from the work of Murray Bowen (you'll sometimes see it labelled "Bowenian Family Therapy").
Social Workers Speak
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Koenig, a licensed clinical social worker with a master’s in education , a psychotherapist and an author: “Not everyone, no matter how intelligent or talented they are, has effective, appropriate interpersonal skills. But working-class Black people don’t have time for that; we must go to work and keep progressing.
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