Road to LCSW

MSW student-->LCSW in California. Let's do it!

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From here.

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When my clients start up old behaviors again. 

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Social justice

[confessionsofabrokegradstudent]

When my client asks me a personal question

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Happy Social Work Month!!!

[thephdstory]

The experience of reading in grad school

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over it

[katimorton]

Since there has been quite a few negative videos go up about borderline personality disorder, I wanted to create a video setting the record straight. I think that because so many people (professionals included) talk negatively about BPD, those of us who struggle with it can feel like it’s hopeless and helpless. The truth is that BPD is something you can overcome! Yes it is a lot of work, but if we don’t like how we are feeling then we have to do something about it to change it. Right?! It is my opinion that BPD is caused by either a lack of attachment to a primary care giver (mom, dad, grandma, etc) when we are a baby or it is caused by trauma. The attachment struggle can later lead to us trying to “fill” that need by other people in our lives, while also feeling scared that they will leave us too. So we want people around, and we want love and support, but we also fear that we can’t trust people to be there for us and so we often try to push them away or even run away ourselves. Trauma can also lead to a lack of trust or feelings of safety. Therefore, our emotions can sort of “come out of nowhere” and we instantly feel scared and unsafe. Both of these situations lead us to feeling scared, not safe or trusting of those around us. That will make relationships very difficult. But does that make you a bad person? Absolutely not. I hope that you found this video helpful. Please share!! Because the more positive and accurate information we have out there the better. xox Videos about BPD: https://youtu.be/zPopjuKuweg https://youtu.be/E56S5cWSvuw Video about DBT: https://youtu.be/hDJi86n9-Rk Video with Hannah! https://youtu.be/KIBiRsK7uBA Website http://www.katimorton.com

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Types of distorted thinking. Really helpful!

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Depression. 

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Not everyone has super cool plans for New years (cough, me) but New Years is less about big parties and more about reflection and looking forward. So hopefully these little questions help with that :) 

Have a wonderful start to the new year and may 2016 be kind to you all. 

[confessionsofabrokegradstudent]

Self-care in graduate school

credit:  convolutedconscience

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2 more quarters

[did-you-know]

In Finland, speeding tickets are calculated based on your income - causing some Finnish millionaires to pay fines of over $100,000. Source

[redbloodedamerica]

This is what “equality” looks like in that liberal fairy tale land of Finland.  They punish you proportionately to how successful you are.  Sounds really “fair.”

[tsukishima-tadashi]

Except… it is fair? Because it’s proportionate. I don’t get what’s difficult about that. An impoverished person paying $400 dollar fine isn’t the same as a millionaire paying the same amount. For the poor person, $400 dollars could mean starving. Would you really claim it would have the same consequence for a rich man? Would it even be noticeable to him, while the absence of food in their stomach would be glaring to a poorer man? Would it be fair for a man to starve for the same crime as a man that would be having a three course meal?

By taking income into account, it allows the impoverished able to still survive while paying any fines they may incur. And, ultimately, while $100,000 dollars would be noticeable to a millionaire, they would still get by. And, assuming the law is properly implemented, they would be paying the same equivalent of their yearly income that a poorer person would. That’s what makes it fair. They would be impacted the same way - but you are looking at the amount rather than the equation.

Also, it’s important to make sure that even the rich would pause at the cost of a fine. They need to fear the law just as a poor man does. 

[reproductivejusticeandliberty]

Oh no… rich people facing fines that might actually make them consider not doing illegal things because the punishments might actually hurt them… how unfair… -V

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YES

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7 years of Christmas

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[othersideofthecouch]

When someone tries to argue that a kid in care hasn’t experienced trauma because they’re “fine”

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Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it.

(Maya Angelou)