Tag: social work
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How to Build a Therapeutic Alliance Through a Screen
Read more: How to Build a Therapeutic Alliance Through a ScreenThis is an excerpt from SWTP CEU’s 3-CE Telehealth in Social Work Practice course. The first time you meet a new client via video, you’ll notice something feels different. Not worse, not better—just different. You can’t read their full body language. You can’t gauge how they fill the physical space of your office. You don’t…
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Why Family Systems Matter in Substance Use Treatment
Read more: Why Family Systems Matter in Substance Use TreatmentThe following is an excerpt from the 6-CE SWTP CEUs course, Substance Use in Families: Beyond the Identified Patient. The intake form says Miguel Torres, age 16, marijuana use. His school social worker made the referral after the third time he showed up high to class. You’re three minutes into the family session when you…