Written by: Brittany Hunt, LCSWClinical Oversight Specialist at TPN.health As a licensed clinical social worker, the concept of trust is an important one to me. I see trust as intimately linked with respecting the dignity and worth of a person, one of the social work core values. The majority of my work has been in …
Written by: Maria A. Avila, LMFT, MCAP I recently resigned from an organization where I had worked for almost 16 years. In order to allow the different groups of people I worked with digest and accept the news, it was decided that I should proceed in stages. After revealing the news to the leadership group I …
Written by: Cindi J. Jeffrey, LMHP, LISW Idealism in Social Work I found a paper I had written for my undergraduate social work degree. In it, I alluded to the fact that I wanted to change the world. My idealism was prolific throughout the paper; however, my vision of how I fit into the world …
For some, there’s a negative stigma surrounding the word ‘therapy’ that can serve as a major deterrent from seeking help. Many may feel disappointed in themselves or judged by loved ones. Some even grapple with feelings of guilt or worthlessness after recognizing the need for therapy. As a clinician, do you seem to find yourself …
Written by Brandy Price Klingman, LCSW–BACS In my career thus far, I’ve been blessed to have some great mentors, supervisors, and colleagues. These leaders have helped shape me into who I am today through their generosity and knowledge of wisdom. In the spirit of sharing the wealth, here are my favorite tips for new or …
As a behavioral health professional, it’s known that life challenges may make it difficult for people to cope without seeking help. Patients start asking, “Where can I find a behavioral health provider?” However, clients may not know about all the different types of resources available. They may understand that to be a behavioral health professional, …
Written by: Ramon Zelaya, LPC-S The addiction treatment field is often rich with broad and diverse themes, often containing hidden meaning waiting to be discovered by the perceptive clinician. One such theme – faith – often intersects with the wisdom touted by the 12-step recovery tradition and emerges frequently throughout the treatment and recovery process. …
For many of us, it has been slightly over two months since social distancing went into effect on a collective scale. Still for some, it has been even longer. With COVID-19 still in the air, it is possible many will still be living socially distant lives, at least to some degree, through the summer season. …
Depending on where you are in the world, the approach of summer can mean a variety of things. For those who live in climates with harsh, long winters when the sun is virtually non-existent, summer is a time to shed the layers and enjoy the rays that will soon be hidden for months on end. …
As mental health writer Melody Beattie puts it, “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more. [It] makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” If you read TPN.Health’s last post on gratitude, you might be thinking, “Well that’s great that …