Listen What if I don’t know what I’m doing in my first session? First session nerves are incredibly common. Most clinicians worry about saying the wrong thing, looking incompetent, or being found out. Good listening isn’t listening to respond. It’s listening to be...
Listen How to Feel Confident When Working With Parents as a Social Worker or Therapist I clearly remember the first family session I had. I was so stressed, wanting to advocate for the young person, I kind of saw the parents as enemy number 1. I had no idea how to...
Listen Why Emotional Responsibility Matters for Mental Health Professionals As a new social worker, I expected a lot from the people around me. I assumed that the more experienced someone was, the more emotionally aware they’d be. That they’d know how to handle...
Listen Couples therapy is often portrayed as communication work, conflict management, or teaching skills. But anyone who has sat with a couple in crisis knows there is far more happening beneath the surface. In this episode of Inside Social Work, I share a...
Listen What it really takes to build a sustainable social work career The Behind the Scenes: Mental Health Social Work series is finally complete, and I’m so proud of what Ashton Hayes and I created together. Over ten short episodes, we shared honest, unfiltered...
Listen Money is one of those things that impacts every part of our lives, from how we run our practices to how we share costs in relationships. Yet it’s also one of the topics many of us shy away from. In this final episode of the series, Ashton Hayes and I sat down...
