It has happened again. I have a supervisee struggling with a desire to refer her client out because of a conflict in values. It's a common occurrence for mental health professionals, those in training, as well as those providing the training to find their personal values to be in conflict with {...}
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Risk Management
Why You May Not Want To Offer A Free Initial Session
In March, I attended the Association for Women in Psychology’s annual conference in Salt Lake City, Utah. That’s where I met LeLaina Romero – a post-doctoral feminist clinician working toward licensure as a psychologist at The Meeting Point in Jamaica Plain, Massachussetts. A few days ago she {...}
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What Does A Psychotherapist’s Termination Letter Include?
If we are successful in our work with clients, our professional relationship with them ends. At that time, it is prudent to write a termination letter to formally document the end of that relationship. Here is a list of the things that should be included in that letter.
Draft a statement that {...}
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Planning For Your Private Practice
Licensed Social Worker Monica Mehalshick in Philadelphia wrote in with the following dilemma . . .
I am an LSW in the state of Pennsylvania and for the last seven years, I've been working at an inpatient facility for substance abuse treatment.
I recently have been attempting to find some other {...}
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