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chronic suicide ideation

As most of you know, I work in a program for adults with mental illness who want to reenter the workforce. One of the main criteria for program admission is current stability. In other words, you have to be emotionally ready to work and have enough control...

Published 25 Oct 2009 3:10 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: counseling, student, thoughts, work, workshop
there's a cat on my head.

My orange cat is on my head right now. NOT impressed. Oh well. So, big revelation of the week. I need to SLOW DOWN! Yesterday I came into the office and got right down to business. Things with the student and with new staff had left me kind of overwhelmed...

Published 30 Sep 2009 4:13 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: counseling, paperwork, pet peeves, social work, student, work
learning contract

So I haven't given you guys an update on my social work student since my panic earlier this month. I had NO idea having a student would be this much work. Or well, I sort of did, but really, it's A LOT of work! I think I'm settling into a...

Published 27 Sep 2009 4:09 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: counseling, social work, student, thoughts, work
falling

So get this. I fell down my apartment stairs this morning on my way to work. I've complained on here before about feeling like I have ear problems, well, this doesn't make me feel any better. Thankfully, I caught myself, and my coffee mug fell...

Published 24 Sep 2009 4:31 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: counseling, employment, me, social work, work
decisions, decisions.

My thought for today is that I either need to go back to Yoga or back to therapy. Maybe both. I'm not making a decision till after my holiday though. stay tuned tomorrow for why I'm pissed off about the material I learned in my food handlers course...

Published 23 Sep 2009 3:39 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: attitudes, counseling, homelessness, me, pet peeves, yoga
counselling

I had a super intense session with someone today. We had a really intense one last week too. I don't know if the client finds things as intense as I do, but I feel like we're really hitting the root of some incredibly deep pain. I've been...

Published 22 Sep 2009 4:17 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: counseling, employment, mental health, work
rant around the clock

I'm having an issue at work that I'm kind of getting sick of. My clients seem to have a VERY difficult time keeping their appointments. Now, I don't mind the occasional missed appointment that was forgotten about, and I of course don't...

Published 13 Aug 2009 1:39 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: counseling, mental health, pet peeves, thoughts, whining, work
The Sophie Cat's day as a Social Work Cat

Have I mentioned lately how much I love my job? Well, it turns out that Sophie Cat doesn't mind it either. I brought her to work today, this is a picture of the last time she came to work, but I didn't think to take any today. My workplace is...

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

Filed under: counseling, sophie, work
Negative Symptoms of Schizophrenia

I had one of those eye opening moments the other day. We had a client present with all the negative symptoms of schizophrenia, and virtually no positive ones. Actually, rather then realizing that she had gone off her meds, we assumed she was on too many...

Published 23 May 2009 3:30 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: counseling, learning, mental health, thoughts, work
The Service Eater

Most social workers have dealt with these clients. The clients who have been to every program under the sun and hope that yours will give them that something they need, that one extra push etc… The question is, what do you do with them? Something I’ve...

Published 10 May 2009 2:57 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: counseling, mental health, work
Spiritual Direction

So this evening, I went for my first session of spiritual direction. Or maybe that's too clinical. Perhaps I'll say, this evening I met with a spiritual director for the first time. It's something a mentor of mine suggested to me when I was...

Published 6 May 2009 3:23 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: counseling, life, me, spiritual direction
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
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
confidentiality

Confidentiality. All through school I've had it drilled into me. Confidentiality, confidentiality, confidentiality. And when are the times you can break confidentiality? - Threat of harm to self - Threat of harm to others - Abuse of a child And that's...

Published 13 Oct 2008 10:14 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: attitudes, counseling, crying, policy, staff relations, the enforcer, thoughts, work

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