June 2009 - Awake and Dreaming

Awake and Dreaming

Home

Report this Blog for Abuse

Syndication

Archives

Sort by: Most Recent | Most Viewed | Most Commented

it's a lot easier

Lesson of the week: Sometimes it is WAY easier to be a social worker than a friend. One of dearest and most beloved friends is currently dealing with extremely debilitating anxiety. If she was a client, I would know what to do, but it's so much harder...

Published 30 Jun 2009 3:46 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: bike, friends, learning, life, mental health, social work
Sophie Cat gets a summer hair cut!

Read More...

Published 25 Jun 2009 3:54 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: sophie
disclosure

Something that was drilled into us during school was the idea that you can't take a client further than you've gone yourself. In otherwords, deal with your own crap before you try and help people deal with there's. If you can't bear to...

Published 22 Jun 2009 2:29 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: mental health, work
It's SUMMER (almost)

You know, it's a big stereotype that Canada is cold all year round. However, my city has certainly lived up to that this spring. It has been so, so, so cold. Snow in May! So not fair. Anyway though, today was gorgeous. It was our church picnic and...

Published 15 Jun 2009 2:14 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: church, detox, life, me, shelter, summer, work
What I'm reading this week: Confidentiality in mental health

Cordless, C. (Ed.). (2001). Confidentiality in mental health . London. Jessica Kingsley Publishers. One thing of note when reviewing an edited volume is that each article is not equally good or equally relevant to one’s interests. This book for example...

Published 11 Jun 2009 3:21 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
Workshop Tomorrow: Mental Health First Aid

So tomorrow and Thursday I am taking a Mental Health First Aid workshop. At first I wasn't all the interested in it, but it's got a really great reputation and I'm really looking forward to it. Basically, the idea is that just as we provide...

Published 10 Jun 2009 3:28 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: workshop
cleaning (gulp)

So, things you may not know about the dreamer. I am VERY messy. Very, very, very messy. My apartment was definitely turning into a fire hazard (although some claim it was turning into a bio hazard). So, naturally, instead of cleaning it myself, I exercised...

Published 8 Jun 2009 3:58 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: life, me, sophie, whining
just a bit frustrated

I'm not sure where this post is going to go, so I apologize in advance if I offend anyone. I'm tired. I'm a bit grumpy. And a bit pissed off. So, I worked at the shelter today, in the detox unit. I haven't worked there in ages, so it was...

Published 7 Jun 2009 6:34 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: detox, whining, work
I'm wearing a dress...

I'm off to a fundraiser for work right away. Label me not impressed but going to make the best of it (rant to follow). At least there's decent silent auction prizes. (rant begins now). See the thing of it is, I had to buy a ticket to the stupid...

Published 4 Jun 2009 11:48 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: m, pet peeves, whining, work
What I'm reading this week: Understanding Personality Disorders: An introduction

Dobbert, D. L. (2007). Understanding personality disorders: An introduction. Westport, CT.: Praeger. The stated intent of Duane L. Dobbert when writing this book was to provide a non-clinical explanation and exploration of personality disorders, and he...

Published 2 Jun 2009 3:11 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: book review

June 2009 - Awake and Dreaming

Syndication

Recent Posts

Tags

Archives

it's a lot easier

Sophie Cat gets a summer hair cut!

disclosure

It's SUMMER (almost)

What I'm reading this week: Confidentiality in mental health

Workshop Tomorrow: Mental Health First Aid

cleaning (gulp)

just a bit frustrated

I'm wearing a dress...

What I'm reading this week: Understanding Personality Disorders: An introduction