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‘Why we’re providing therapy for parents in pre-proceedings’

Community Care

Furthermore, two critical factors were relevant to the success of treatment: the individual’s willingness to engage with the therapy and the relationship between the individual and the therapist (Johnson and Boyle 2018, Wampold 2001).

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psychotherapy's moral bite: on deactivating the projection of will

Clinical Philosophy

What distinguishes the master therapist? I've long suspected that an important aspect of such a therapist is her moral seriousness. It's from a recent blogpost by Jon Frederikson ; Frederikson is a particularly lucid and thoughtful exponent of ISTDP (Intensive Short Term Dynamic Psychotherapy). And now the example.

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News Items – May 18, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Social workers are the largest group of mental health care providers in the United States, and their dedication makes our communities a better place to live in,” said Villa (D-West Chicago). Safety really does extend beyond a bulletproof door or armed school officers.

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Do psychotherapists improve with time and experience?

Society of Clinical Psychology

Knowing that therapists contribute significantly to clients’ outcomes (explaining approximately 5% of variance in outcomes; Baldwin & Imel, 2013), therapists’ ability to improve directly impacts the populations that they serve. Psychotherapy is not always, of course, a predictable environment. Our study (Goldberg et al.,

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News Items – May 18, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Social workers are the largest group of mental health care providers in the United States, and their dedication makes our communities a better place to live in,” said Villa (D-West Chicago). Safety really does extend beyond a bulletproof door or armed school officers.

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News Items – September 15, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Holly McFarland, a psychotherapist and licensed clinical social worker in Fort Worth, said she first realized about four years ago that some of her clients’ mental health conditions were aggravated by climate change. Social Work faculty member elected to national board. Views differ on police department social worker.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

My journal was my first therapist, where I recorded frustration, anxiety and depression. I returned to my room, since I was not up to socializing. Like Thompson, they filled the day with activities that provided structure and predictability, the two things I needed as much as medication and psychotherapy. No one left.