If you've missed my posts concerning the risks of mental health professionals' use of social media here and here, you may want to go back and take a look.
More privacy concerns related to Facebook are addressed in Jenna Wortham's article this week in the New York Times. That's why I was happy to {...}
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Celebrating 2009 – A Year In Review
I'm not a big fan of resolutions . . . at least not the ones made for the new year. My thinking is that if you're serious about making a change or making a commitment, you'll make it when it is needed . . . not on December 31st. And, you won't need some day on the calendar to remind you that it's {...}
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Mental Health Diagnosis And Your Good Intentions
Everything you do for your client matters. If and how you choose to diagnose your client matters a lot. Amanda B. wrote in asking if it is OK to routinely give a diagnosis of Adjustment Disorder to her clients if they do not exhibit symptoms warranting a more serious diagnosis. (She was trying to {...}
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Is Your Post-Graduate Supervision All That You Expected?
If your post-graduate supervision is not all that you had hoped for, there may be a really good reason. Do you know that clinical supervision is different from administrative supervision?
An administrative supervisor typically operates from a business model rather than a clinical model. His {...}
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