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Fire Yoga

The next person who says to me "well, isn't yoga just like stretching or something" is going to get a smack (at least inside my head). If yoga was "just like stretching or something" I wouldn't have such sore arm muscles right...

Published 29 Apr 2009 3:20 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: life, me, pet peeves, thoughts, yoga
What I'm reading this week: The culture of our disconent

Small, M (2006). The culture of our discontent: Beyond the medical model of mental illness. Washington, DC: Joseph Henry Press. To start off with, let me say I really liked this book. Meredith Small is an anthropologist who sets out to look at models...

Published 28 Apr 2009 3:45 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: book review, mental health
this is not a post about Yoga Therapy

This is not a post about yoga therapy, although I've seen quite a few of those in my rss feed lately. This is a post about why I think yoga can be good therapy, an adjunct to therapy, or simply an alternative to therapy. Now, as a social worker I'm...

Published 27 Apr 2009 3:20 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: counseling, thoughts, yoga
CBT

Something I've been thinking about a lot lately is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. When I first read about it, it confused me more then anything else. I remember looking at my professor and saying "I just don't get it", I also remember...

Published 23 Apr 2009 1:32 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: counseling, me
What brings you here today?

One of the questions I like to ask when I'm doing an intake, an assessment, or now, a first counseling session, is "what brings you here today, what was different about today that made you decide to come in". What I'm trying to get at...

Published 23 Apr 2009 4:27 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: counseling, firsts, intake, work
I lol'd...documentation bloopers

So I have no idea if any of these are real are not, but I saw these posted on a social work community website and laughed my head off. And since I'm sure we could all use a laugh... Documentation Bloopers: The patient lives at home with his mother...

Published 22 Apr 2009 3:58 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: happy, meme
gotta love it when they're out before they're in

So I had my first counseling session with a client today. I felt like we moved waaaaaaaaaay too fast, but this guy was just eager to get things rolling and underway. The thing of it was, he really wanted legal advice more then counseling, and so he wasn't...

Published 21 Apr 2009 2:19 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: counseling, sick, staff relations, supervision, work
antibiotics and yuck

I don't like antibiotics. I think they're a wonderful invention, I totally agree that their lifesaving. I also think they're over prescribed, and generally, they don't make me the world's healthiest person (I tend to get stomach side...

Published 20 Apr 2009 12:00 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: intake, life, me, sick, staff relations, supervision, whining, work, workshop
Homelessness - The Soloist

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Published 17 Apr 2009 3:45 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a (not quite) Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: homelessness
My new job

So, I've written tons and tons about the shelter over time, but I haven't yet written anything about my new job in terms of what I do, and what our program does. The simple answer is that we provide job search support and employment support to...

Published 14 Apr 2009 1:39 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a (not quite) Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: employment, mental health, social work, work
My Office

As promised, here are the pictures of my office, complete with my favourite Sophie Cat picture. You'll also notice her as my desktop background... if nothing else she's a coworker conversation starter "is that your cat?", "yes,...

Published 12 Apr 2009 12:42 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a (not quite) Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: me, office, sophie, work
tired but good

This is Sophie cat when I thought she was sick, wrapped up and getting eaten by my giant Tigger (thanks to bestest bud). She's all back to her normal self now despite conning hummus, cool whip, and assorted other foods out of me the past couple days...

Published 9 Apr 2009 3:30 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a (not quite) Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: learning, life, sleep, sophie, work
update on me

I've been off most of this week in between my two jobs, so naturally, I didn't bother to use any of my free time to write. So, I'll try and make up for that with an update about how things are going. 1. The Sophie cat seems just fine. I have...

Published 4 Apr 2009 8:31 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a (not quite) Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: life, me, mental health, sick, sophie, thoughts, work

April 2009 - Awake and Dreaming

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Fire Yoga

What I'm reading this week: The culture of our disconent

this is not a post about Yoga Therapy

CBT

What brings you here today?

I lol'd...documentation bloopers

gotta love it when they're out before they're in

antibiotics and yuck

Homelessness - The Soloist

My new job

My Office

tired but good

update on me