Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) does not identify glossophobia as a specific phobia, but its prevalence makes finding treatment for those who suffer from it important. 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.

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Relias

JUNE 22, 2023

As some therapists are reluctant to use CBT because it can be seen as manualized (following predetermined guidelines) and boring, we’ll guide you through what you need to know to get buy-in from your staff, including: what CBT is, why it’s so important when working with younger clients, and how to begin using at your organization.

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Gary Direnfeld

AUGUST 14, 2023

It was labled GAD – Generalized Anxiety Disorder. The child had only seen individual therapists, none of whom knew of the parent’s own anxiety related to childhood experiences. The parent did have some tragic experiences when they were a child. Their fear, although not necessary now, had a basis in reality from the past.

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Social Workers Speak

AUGUST 4, 2023

Jennifer Kelman is a member of NASW-FL: 5 Crucial Boundaries You Need to Set With Your In-Laws, Therapists Say BestLife You don’t just need to spell out your preferences for in-person events, however. As a therapist treating eating issues , I’m often asked how to eat while on vacation. and Connecticut based social worker.

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Lawson Psychology

JANUARY 29, 2024

These difficulties often come up at times of transition (such as the start of a new school year), bullying, conflict in the family or illnesses. In some families, the parents might be worried that their child isn’t talking with them very much. What happens next?

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Social Workers Speak

AUGUST 29, 2023

Lynette Spencer is a member of NASW-IL: Opinion | Fear-fueled fictions: When anxious assumptions lead us astray Shaw Local News Network Anxiety disorders often go unnoticed , potentially causing detrimental consequences in relationships, education and work. Jamie Fujimoto, LCSW , is a clinical therapist with a practice on O’ahu.

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 7, 2023

With all that said, Theresa Nguyen, chief research officer at Mental Health America , says it’s important to consider your personal fit with a therapist, as well as the cost. “It’s such an intimate experience. “It’s such an intimate experience. It’s unlike finding any other doctor,” she says.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 2, 2023

Emily Hemendinger is a member of NASW-CO: Can ChatGPT and TikTok Fads Hurt People Struggling with Eating Disorders? University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus For eating disorder experts, where everything from chatbot misdiagnoses to AI-generated body images can have devasting consequences for their patients, the concerns are high.

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 1, 2023

When a hospital, school, neighbor or older child reports mistreatment, social workers apply a risk assessment to determine how agencies should respond, she said. You can be a mental health advocate The Uptake Many therapists are involved in activism and advocacy. The child protective agency doesn’t create the reports of harm.

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Social Work Blog

JUNE 1, 2022

Do my skills align with the amount of knowledge I gained in school? There are clinical, military, hospital, school social work, and other options. This simply means that an individual can marry various systems, schools of thoughts, and theories, and apply them to real-life scenarios. Will I be able to cut it? What are Opiates?

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Stop Abuse Campaign

JUNE 27, 2023

← Beyond bulletproof backpacks: Addressing the school shootings Sexual abuse. They may develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or other mental health problems later in life. The therapist might have you watch something on a screen while measuring brain waves. Emotional neglect. Parental mental illness.

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Social Workers Speak

MAY 18, 2023

Danielle Smith is executive director of NASW-OH: ‘If Kids Aren’t Telling Their Parents, There is a Reason’: Opponents Testify Against Ohio Bill That Would Out LGBTQ+ Students to Parents CityBeat “It is not the goal of school personnel to keep information from parents.

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Beautiful Voyager

JANUARY 3, 2022

In the past, mental health experts used many terms such as depression, anxiety, and acute stress disorder to refer to a nervous breakdown. The term is no longer used because it has not been recognized as a mental health disorder by the American Psychiatry Association in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5).

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Beautiful Voyager

JULY 5, 2023

The author Natalia Aniela Aíza My journey as an OCD therapist (and what I have yet to learn). I distinctly remember that queasy feeling of being both powerful and powerless – what I now understand to be the dichotomy of having a control disorder that is out of control. By middle school, my compulsive cutting had morphed into stealing.

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Social Workers Speak

JANUARY 19, 2023

When we started to venture out into the world (whether at daycare, school, etc.), We are excited to begin this work and eager to see the impact in retaining and re-specializing counselors and social workers into school-based mental health providers.” these diet culture messages continued to be reinforced and taken as hard truths.”

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 2, 2023

Emily Hemendinger is a member of NASW-CO: Can ChatGPT and TikTok Fads Hurt People Struggling with Eating Disorders? University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus For eating disorder experts, where everything from chatbot misdiagnoses to AI-generated body images can have devasting consequences for their patients, the concerns are high.

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 1, 2023

When a hospital, school, neighbor or older child reports mistreatment, social workers apply a risk assessment to determine how agencies should respond, she said. You can be a mental health advocate The Uptake Many therapists are involved in activism and advocacy. The child protective agency doesn’t create the reports of harm.

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Social Workers Speak

MAY 18, 2023

Danielle Smith is executive director of NASW-OH: ‘If Kids Aren’t Telling Their Parents, There is a Reason’: Opponents Testify Against Ohio Bill That Would Out LGBTQ+ Students to Parents CityBeat “It is not the goal of school personnel to keep information from parents.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 30, 2023

Psychodynamically trained, Mishne has spent the last nine years focusing on the implementation of evidence-based treatments for eating disorders and suicidal/self-harming behavior in order to help increase clients’ ability to get back to living life as quickly as possible. Maine can ill afford the loss of these workers,” Butler warned.

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Gateway Foundation

JUNE 29, 2022

Growing research has supported the link between attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and substance use disorder. While substance use disorder is complex and chronic, it is treatable. Learn about the connection between these disorders and how to get help if you or a loved one is struggling. What Is ADHD?

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Gateway Foundation

AUGUST 17, 2022

Addiction treatment plays a critical role for those with substance use disorders, but only a small percentage of individuals who need treatment receive it. Your program may include additional holistic treatments, trauma and family services or diagnosis and treatment for any co-existing disorders. Adaptive Treatment Plan.

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Social Workers Speak

JULY 29, 2022

They realized that Black and Brown therapists were doing amazing things but often overlooked. So, Lisa and Kim decided to create a platform to elevate Black and Brown therapists and provide them with support, training and a welcoming community. These two mental health professionals met on Facebook and immediately clicked.

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MQ Mental Health

MAY 11, 2023

Princess Diana was known for her work around mental illness, particularly in the areas of eating disorders and depression. On a gap year in 2021, she spoke candidly about her struggles with mental health saying openly that she sees a therapist. Princess Amalia, the heir to the Dutch throne, is aware of her country’s motto “be normal”.

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Lawson Psychology

JUNE 23, 2022

But you might not realise that these sayings can be traced back to compulsive hair-pulling disorder and other body-focused repetitive behaviours (BFRBs). BFRBs occur on a spectrum, and most people find they can stop before the behaviours reach a problematic level that may be considered a disorder. When do BFRBs become a problem?

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Social Workers Speak

JUNE 17, 2022

New BC School of Social Work graduate named a Public Health Catalyst Award winner. Quynh Xuan Nguyen Truong, a member of the Boston College School of Social Work Class of 2022 , was named to the inaugural cohort of 40 Under 40 Public Health Catalyst Award winners, announced by the Boston Congress of Public Health. Boston College.

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Creative Play Therapist

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Bumble BLS is an innovative new bilateral stimulation system designed for therapists to use with their clients during sessions, as well as for people of all ages to use for stress relief and emotional regulation at home. The story of Bumble BLS begins with Registered Play Therapist Lauren Stockly.

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MQ Mental Health

APRIL 18, 2024

Evidence of this in my past might include the stress felt during my school exam years as a teenager. Thankfully it was noticed, firstly by my line manager, then myself, then reflected upon with my therapist and a close friend who revealed they’d also noticed these changes was able to take action to prevent things getting worse.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 10, 2022

Brooke Bralove is a member: How to Separate or Divorce Amicably, According to a Therapist. 17, 2022, found that within a year of being infected with COVID-19, people were significantly more likely to be diagnosed with new psychiatric disorders than people who did not get infected. “I Treatment works, punishment does not.” .

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Social Workers Speak

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

So we’re in hospitals, we’re in schools, we’re doing policy, we’re in D.C. With the help of American Rescue Plan funds, today all schools in America have reopened, and virtually all remain open every school day with the supports they received from the Biden-Harris Administration providing crucial protections for students, staff, and families.

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Social Workers Speak

JANUARY 13, 2022

SCD is a genetic blood disorder and is the most common inherited blood disorder in the United States, primarily affecting Black and Hispanic people. Sara Rodrigues is a member: ‘It’s like they’ve forgotten how to be in school': How the pandemic has impacted kids. Understaffed therapists say they can’t keep up.

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Social Workers Speak

MARCH 30, 2023

Psychodynamically trained, Mishne has spent the last nine years focusing on the implementation of evidence-based treatments for eating disorders and suicidal/self-harming behavior in order to help increase clients’ ability to get back to living life as quickly as possible. Maine can ill afford the loss of these workers,” Butler warned.

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Society of Clinical Psychology

APRIL 26, 2023

For access to services, we compared the demographic makeup of our clinic to that of people with mental disorders in Leon County. Finally, to study effectiveness, we used clients’ and therapists’ ratings of Clinical Global Impression (CGI; Guy, 1976), a general assessment of a client’s level of illness and functioning. van Straten, A.,

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MQ Mental Health

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Whether in school, work, community or even in counselling, friendships affect our well-being. They themselves have one of the most stressful jobs, according to evidence, and the benefits of self-compassion for therapists is now a hot topic for the field. However, self-love is a controversial construct nowadays.

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Social Workers Speak

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Katie Leikam is a member of NASW-GA: What Is A Gender Therapist? This is when working with a gender therapist can be helpful. “A A gender therapist, or gender specialist, is a licensed mental health therapist [who helps] clients to explore and process their gender identity,” says Katie Leikam, M.B.A.,

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Society of Clinical Psychology

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

is an Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and a Psychologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. is a clinical research coordinator in the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Related Disorders program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Journal of Anxiety Disorders , 55 , 70–78.

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Gateway Foundation

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Substance use disorder significantly impacts a person’s life, damaging health, relationships, careers, and finances. As substances or alcohol become a primary focus of your loved one’s life, they may prioritize substances over relationships, work, school, and even life itself.

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Psychological Health Care

APRIL 27, 2021

Unexplained poor productivity at work or school. Anxiety disorders. Eating disorders. Personality and identity disorders. Behavioural disorders. It’s important to discuss fees, session duration and session frequency with your therapist before starting treatment. Dramatic weight loss or weight gain.

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