By Kirsten Randall Belzer, MSW, LCSW, CHT Introduction Ways to Cope With Grief Individually at the Holidays Ways for Families to Cope With Grief Together at the Holidays How Social Workers Can Help Individuals and Families Handle Grief at the Holidays ...
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How to Set Healthy Boundaries with a Judgmental Parent
When an adult daughter feels hurt and manipulated by her mother, a social workers helps her learn to create better boundaries with her mother.
How Perfectionist Thinking Can Hold You Back
Expecting perfection is not just unrealistic; it’s self-defeating. We set ourselves up for failure by demanding perfection.
Working with therapeutic animals
Therapeutic animals have been successful in nursing homes, hospice, physical rehabilitation facilities, group homes, and hospitals, enabling people to lead more independent lives.
How Alcohol Can Interfere With Therapy
In a competition with alcohol, therapy always loses. Getting drunk is just a much easier and quicker way to cope. But it leaves you emotionally immature and dependent on alcohol to deal with personal problems.
Are You Anxious About Going Back to School?
By Betty Martello, MSW, LCSW It's September: Time to trade your beach bag for a backpack. As a tween or teen you may be feeling school-related anxieties. You are not alone. Most students feel this way. How you choose to deal with these anxieties, however, will make...
Violence in the American Workplace
By Lynn Hagan, PsyD, CTRL, LCSW Introduction Type IV: Personal Relationship Violence Economics of Workplace Violence Identifying Potential Violence Logisitics of Workplace Violence Protection from Workplace Violence Type I: Criminal Intent Violence If Workplace...
Is it Late Life Depression or Grief?
Grief that becomes serious and persistent inhibits the healing process and increases the risk for depression and other psychological disorders.
Adolescents and Depression
Introduction Signs of Depression Cause of Clinical Depression Treatment Who Can Help? Introduction Adolescence can be a roller coaster ride of extreme highs and lows. Teenage moodiness is so common that parents typically consider teenagers' mood swings as a...
Women, Depression and Cognitive Therapy
By Carole B. Okun, MSW, LCSW-R Introduction What Is Depression? Reproductive Cycles Influencing Vulnerability to Depression Other Factors Leading to Women's Vulnerability to Depression Action Plan for Suicidal Thoughts Cognitive Therapy Treatment for Depression...
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How to Get Help for Your Child with a Disability or Mental Health Challenge
By Karen Zilberstein, LICSW Rearing children is hard, and it becomes even more time-consuming and complex when parents are raising children with a disability or mental health challenge or while lacking sufficient financial resources. A large number of families...
What Is Trauma and How To Overcome It
By Jill Forbes, LCSW, QCSW Most people know when they have been exposed to a traumatic event. Traumatic events are events that make a person fearful in that they, or someone or something meaningful to them, has been lost or harmed in a life-changing manner. When the...
Living with Domestic Violence? Here’s How to Get Help
By Terri Ferguson, BSW According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), 20 people per minute are physically abused by their partner. That amounts to virtually 28,800 people every day. In this same typical day 20,000 calls are placed to domestic...