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How Improv theater is like therapy | NASW Member Voices

Social Work Blog

And, improv teachers and therapists cultivate an environment of support, empathy, validation, and a space to improve skills. There’s a term in clinical social work called “meeting the clients where they’re at.” There is a shared idea that it’s ok to be vulnerable and experience an array of emotions.

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The Delicate Balancing of the Couples Therapist

American Board of Clinical Social Work

Most forms of psychotherapy require that the therapist perform a “delicate balancing act” between competing forces. The competent therapist deftly moves back and forth between the present and past to stimulate understanding, empathy, and permanent integration of childhood wounds and traumas.