Tag: Social Work

I work for a hospice program providing palliative care which means we attend to the emotional and spiritual needs of ...

Recently on a cloudy August morning, I was simultaneously texting a young person to see if they were okay after ...

Marlene M. Maheu, a therapist, uses video conferencing to communicate remotely with patients. She has served on task forces to ...

August 23rd marked ten years since Hurricane Katrina which was the costliest natural disaster in the history of the United States. ...

A few weeks ago at the Home and Community Health Association conference, I met some of the team behind CleverCare, ...

Imagine for a second you really want a chocolate bar. You have been thinking about it all day. You have ...

The world thrives on technology. We drool over the newest 3D televisions when they are announced, and pray to be ...

Artwork created by Author Felicity Mary Cross Do you constantly live in the future, or in the past? Are you ...

As Social Work students, we are concerned about the deceitful attempt to defund Planned Parenthood, an organization that provides vital ...

In a new report by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation, social, behavioral, and environmental factors are shown to determine ...

Hillary Clinton is currently using a rhetorical device otherwise known as an attempt to be “honest", and it's a call ...

Despite members of the Democratic and Republican parties both expressing the need for reforming the criminal justice system, efforts remain ...

It's not unusual for introverts to run across prejudice, even in the clinical setting. They are encouraged by spouses, bosses, ...

If you’re not sitting at the table, you’re on the menu. This pithy bit of wisdom was offered as a ...

If you’re a therapist, ideally, you have access to intervention training and a good clinical supervisor. What if you don’t? ...

On June 26, 2015 the Supreme Court ruled that all couples, regardless of gender, have a constitutional right to marry ...

Millions of Americans breathed sighs of relief upon hearing the Supreme Court’s decision to leave in place subsidies in the ...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) children are often victims of bullying and violence in schools, at home and ...

If you’ve read about Caitlyn Jenner, Rachel Dolezal, or just about any story of social importance lately, you have heard ...

We are drawn to service work for many reasons. We want to help others, we find human beings fascinating, and ...