Ideas about the nature of “healing” are regularly batted around the culture of psychotherapy. The word ”transformation” also comes up, which feels sympathetic with a depth psychological perspective, but can also sound somewhat grand and mysterious, although not in the following poem by Stephen Dunn. I like how...

I had a funny thought about dreaming. It woke me up and then I went back to sleep. What I thought, "if I didn’t dream, I’d be too bored to stay asleep". I sometimes go back to sleep to see how a dream might continue or to try to move ...

The American media monster is obsessed with the use and misuse of narcotics and designer drugs: from the Television shows of the 1980’s, where Miami Vice injected million-dollar cocaine deals straight into the cerebral cortex of everyday America, to the breakaway hit of this generation, Breaking Bad, which put a high... Read More →

If your period of unemployment has been lengthy, you may be so desperate for a job that the idea of rejecting an offer isn’t even something you can contemplate. It may seem odd then to even remotely need to think about how to turn down an offer so consider...

Recently, a part-time case manager and a part-time interpreter began work at my agency. They are meant to work as a team, as the case manager did not have the necessary language skills, and the interpreter did not have the necessary social work skills. The interpreter’s job description was what... Read More →

Back in January I did read Justin Nutt’s post on Social worker doesn’t mean liberal. I felt he was balancing precariously on a rather wobbly fence.  Today, I was heartened to read Deona Hooper’s response. Can a social worker hold conservative views? Well I suppose they can but I think ...

As featured in the Huffington Post, Canadian Press Correspondent Murray Brewster discusses remarks from distinguished former military, Senator Romeo Dallaire, regarding the vast divide between the government’s political messaging promoting the interests of Canada’s veterans and the legal stand being taken by lawyers in the prominent class-action lawsuit brought forward... Read More →

Originally recorded on Tuesday, April 8, 2014 Receive Webinar Invites by Email EQUAL PAY DAY is the day each year that a woman must work until to earn what a man earned in the previous calendar year (i.e., it takes a woman over 15 months to earn what a man earns in...

Anyone who has ventured into the world of the internet on any seriously contentious issue knows about flamers, trolls and bullies. They act badly and project an image of self-justification and…well…sometimes just a little dash of heroism. Fundamentalist zeal on particular issues seems to make it ok (at least ...