I have my MSW. I currently work as a medical social worker. The last 6 months have been emotionally challenging in my personal life. It got to the point where therapy, medication and support was not enough. I seeked out a holistic method, (I have always been interested/intrigued by) reiki. It has changed my life, entirely. The healing, physical and emotional is beyond words. I truly want to be able to do that for other people. Becoming an energy healer now is a career goal. However I don’t know how to incorporate social work and reiki in my career. How can I combine/blend the both of them?? H ..read more

I work in an outpatient clinic doing brief mental health assessments with patients with various medical conditions. Nothing too in depth - we do a quick assessment and then refer out for therapy if needed. We ask them to complete a questionnaire prior to meeting with the SW, which has questions about recent stressful life experiences, as well as screens for various mental health issues. I am newer to clinical practice (2 years in) and I started this job about 8 months ago. 6 months ago when I was very new, I met with a patient who wrote in his questionnaire that his adult son tragically died ..read more

Im having a bad day and try to explain the stress of my job to family … and they start comparing my job stress to working retail and a call center . Il What don’t people who aren’t in the field not understand? I’m a case manager at a shelter. There’s required trainings I need that my boss forgot to sign up for and I’m still waiting. I’ve been here over 90 days. I was made to do things that other staff is assigned to do but they had me do it. I made an idiot out of myself. The people I work with don’t know how to send in receipts for the finances so now I need to do everyone else’s financial r ..read more

The reason I'm asking is because I know for example if a parent is taken to the hospital a care welfare worker will come but would it work the same with a over 18 child with development disabilities. submitted by /u/SuperKE1125 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I’m a school social worker at a middle school. I have a student who shows his dysregulation in many different ways, but one that I’m struggling to handle is when he’ll occasionally have a freeze response that’s almost catatonic - he’ll become completely unable to speak, will just sit or stand still and staring into space. I’m usually good at helping him regulate, but it’s hard for me to figure out how to help him regulate in these specific moments. FWIW he has experienced some DV and abuse at home; sometimes he gets dysregulated due to that but sometimes it’s for other reasons like peer issue ..read more

I need some advice on how to approach a conversation with my supervisor. I have two FFS private practice jobs. One of them I was hired part-time remote and they are able to give me as many cases as I want, whenever I ask for more they give it to me. The other role is in person and I was hired for full-time FFS. I've been there for almost 6 weeks and I only have 8 clients. When interviewing for jobs one of the main draws for this role was my supervisor said she had a big enough waitlist that I would reach a full caseload by this point. I'm keeping myself available all day M-F to build my casel ..read more

I’m a therapist but switched gears and have a share plan that only has once a month 30 minute appt and unlimited texting coverage. I need to find a more regular therapist. I am pay extra for more sessions but wasn’t thrilled with the options I was linked to so far (it’s kind of a clunky process). Wondering if anyone feels any of the other sites are good for finding a provider at a mid level fee like maybe 150 and then perhaps I can swing twice a month. I’d like to find someone who does hypnosis and/or Brainspotting since I’m building my own skills in those (which I could not find anyone who s ..read more

Recently had to report a client for threatening suicide and mentioning plan & intent with it. Once it was reported they started stating I was a liar and was… very angry with me. I’m relatively new to the field (only two years in). I feel awful about it, but at the same time I would’ve felt even worse going home knowing I didn’t follow through on my duty to report and keep them safe. Rough day. Feeling sad. Not looking forward to my next session with them and dealing with the confrontation. submitted by /u/vamps1es [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Im frustrated and worried about my job security. I really love what I do, but the company hasn't given a cost of living adjustment unless it was forced by the state (1x in the past 10 years). The company expanded and took over counties that have had a cost of living adjustment yearly. Everyone in the original company is aware and a rumor started that we would start getting cost of living adjustments as well. Guess what? That was hopeful bs. Instead, the ceo got on a meeting and said (literal quote) "ask not what the company can do for you, ask what can you do for this company." I mentioned co ..read more

I do family services and primarily supervise visits between parents and their kids. I have one client who has been upset with me and the company I work for since March because the caseworker doubled the hours on their referral when the previous one expired. The caseworker said she was just going to increase the hours now so she didn’t have to submit a new one once the court determines my client is eligible for an increase. She then supposedly told my client that their referral hours had been increased but we were not going to increase visitation just yet. I honestly have no idea why the case ..read more