Be a SPANNER for Whanau Not a COG for the State
This opinion piece speaks to the structures, organisations and people that contribute to maintaining the child protection social work status quo in New Zealand.
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Got Problems? You’re Normal
Whether you found this blog on your own, or someone happened to send you the link with the suggestion you read it and benefit from it, I’m glad you and it came together and thanks for that. So you’ve got …
Webinar Recording: Clients, Credit Reports, and Credit Scores
Originally recorded on Thursday, March 20, 2014 Receive Webinar Invites by Email The Center for Financial Social Work and Experian invite you to watch this free webinar recording to learn about the credit reporting and scoring process. Attend this …
Lines Of Demarcation: The Social Work Civil War
I promise to you at the outset of this article that this isn’t going to be another diatribe by a whining social work student about the gaps in his education, the soaring costs of tuition or any of the other …
Taking That Leap of Faith: Entering Therapy
One of my teachers at Pacifica Graduate Institute called psychotherapy “the hope manufacturing business.” And frankly, if my first meetings with a therapist left me feeling dejected, I’d likely think that person was pretty lousy at her or …
Advice For Dealing With The Death of a Client or Patient
It is always hard as a professional to lose a client because of death. While death is a fact of life, part of the life cycle; remember that to be born, one must die, and it is never easy. I …
