Exam Prep Blog: December 2018

You may be feeling overwhelmed by the number of new terms, theories, and practices you are learning. With all of the clinical information, you are consuming it can be easy to gloss over the concepts of transference and countertransference. You know it makes sense that as a clinician you may be triggered by a client or you remind the client of someone they know. You may feel it’s common sense and it will be easy to identify in the clinical setting. However, transference and countertransference can be the areas that cause the most significant issues for you as a clinician. Here is why these

The holiday season has arrived! Everywhere we turn, we are reminded of this; whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, some combination of all holidays or a different one altogether, it’s a busy time of year. The streets are filled with holiday lights, the stores are playing holiday music; it is truly inescapable. The holidays are generally a joyous time, and at the same time the season is exceptionally busy and can be emotionally fraught for many of us. It is important to be mindful of how the holiday season affects you in order to maintain a realistic study plan and manage your

In our most recent social work blog post, we began discussing a core tenant of the social work profession: self-determination. Self-determination is our clients' right to make decisions regarding their treatment and their lives. While there will undoubtedly be times we do not agree with our clients, honoring their self-determination means that despite this disagreement, we support and trust their ability to make decisions for themselves. Self-determination is a topic we can just about guarantee will show up on your ASWB social work licensing exams (likely multiple times); so let's make sure