Social Work Test Prep

Always good for your test-prepping commute, here’s the latest Social Work Podcast.

Today’s podcast, Psychoanalytic Treatment in Contemporary Social Work Practice: An Interview with Dr. Carol Tosone, addresses two questions: First, is psychodynamic treatment relevant in contemporary social work practice? In other words, does it meet the needs of the clients, the agencies, and [...]

There are only so many times you can listen to the AATBS or Gerry Grossman CDs over and over (helpful as that can be).  There’s plenty more audio where that came from.  Here’s some:  The Wise Counsel Podcast will fill your commute/workout/other listening time with potentially valuable wisdom from the world of psychotherapy.  Interviews with [...]

A new Social Work Podcast is here.
Today’s podcast is on Prochaska and DiClemente’s (1983) Stages of Change Model. This model describes five stages that people go through on their way to change: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. The model assumes that although the amount of time an individual spends in a specific stage varies, [...]

A new Social Work Podcast is up.
[This one] looks at the relationship between theory and clinical social work practice…with Joseph Walsh, professor of social work at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), and author of the Brooks/Cole text, Theories for Direct Social Work Practice, which came out in a second edition in 2009.

Listen, learn, pass.

I’m returning to studying–and blogging–after a month-plus hiatus. Time to get that vignette test prepped for and passed. I’ll post useful-seeming stuff as I encounter it. Requests and such welcomed: socialworkprep [at] gmail.com (or in Comments).

Meantime, enjoyed recently: the Savage Love Podcast. Sex and relationship advice from columnist-turned-podcaster, Dan [...]

A new Social Work Podcast is up. Interview topic: Social Workers and Depression. Since you, a social worker, are three times as likely to be depressed as the next person…enjoy!

This one (thanks II, Susan!) looks to be available only through iTunes. It’s Dr. David Cecil’s “Mental Health Concepts.” Includes Powerpoint slides (please ignore these if listening while driving).