Social Work Test Prep

Of note, a new therapy show on A&E: Obsessed. It’s CBT vs. OCD. A woman counts stuff, can’t drive. A man washes and cleans. Therapists help. Much, much more than you’ll ever need to know for the social work exam. But good to see therapy–and some recovery–in action. [...]

“Grey Gardens”–first a documentary, now an HBO movie–profiles Big and Little Edith Bouvier Beale, mother-and-daughter shut-ins, eccentrics, and Jackie O. cousins. Both a good/hard watch. Lots of strange behaviors. But what, you might ask, are the “diagnostic considerations”? One reasonable-sounding answer re Little Edie here:

[A]though it’s been written that The New York Times refused [...]

Underway at You Tube, a growing collection of possibly useful psych clips. (Please let me know if you have others to add: socialworkprep [at] gmail.com.) One of several playlists streams below. [...]

Or, How to Share Crackers with a Kid If You’re Mean and/or [...]

Fritz Perls + Gloria = awareness (picture links [...]

Albert Ellis demos REBT–video, which is for some reason not embeddable, is here [...]

Carl Rogers soft sells unconditional positive [...]

Attention “visual learners” (that is, most people): If you’ve got a spare 9:59, here’s a Gestalt Therapy video nugget courtesy of the University of Texas. Demonstrates some basic Gestalt interventions. There’s more where this came from–I’ll try from time to time to post some of the [...]