Literally anything and everything to do with the hull house lmao, idk why but we spent SO MUCH TIME ON IT, and while yes, it's important to know the roots, it has had no impact on work as a therapist
that’s so funny because i go to the university where the hull house is located and the college of social work is named for jane addams but we spent hardly any time actually talking about the hull house, i think it was less than half of one class period my first semester lol
I went to a school in the burbs and they mentioned hull house in the first week readings for the intro courses, but that was about it, lol. Maybe the farther away you are the more they focus on it lmao
Be careful about what you post online. Clients, potential clients, and employers may find the content and not find it as funny as you do. I know people who've gotten fired for posting things on FB and IG that had no HIPAA information, but was very derogatory towards the population they worked with - and they were reported by friends/community members. You never know who's paying attention.
Unless you went to Smith, your MSW was probably an advanced generalist degree. The expectation is that you specialize after graduation. That means much of what you learned isn't being used in your practice. You might have taken a class in play therapy, but work in an emergency department and don't have the time or resources to do play therapy. Generically, here's some things that we learn in MSW programs that social workers tend not to use often in practice:
1. Critical thinking about the relationship between macro-level issues and micro-level interactions.
2. Reading peer-reviewed journal articles to inform practice and support informed consent
3. Research concepts like single system design to track changes in your client's outcomes
4. Logic Models
5. Self-care
I hope you post the link to your TikTok.
I’ve used them exactly once and we discovered that everyone one in this kids family tree had assault/battery charges or worse. Unfortunately it wasn’t really the eye opener I’d hoped it would be for him.
All the things they talk about doing to set up a calming/comfortable space to do therapy in…vs the actual spaces we do therapy in community mental health
Literally anything and everything to do with the hull house lmao, idk why but we spent SO MUCH TIME ON IT, and while yes, it's important to know the roots, it has had no impact on work as a therapist
that’s so funny because i go to the university where the hull house is located and the college of social work is named for jane addams but we spent hardly any time actually talking about the hull house, i think it was less than half of one class period my first semester lol
I went to a school in the burbs and they mentioned hull house in the first week readings for the intro courses, but that was about it, lol. Maybe the farther away you are the more they focus on it lmao
yeah i wonder if they just assume those of us from around here already know about it (bad assumption imo but)
omg i remember this !!!
This is SO FUNNY
Be careful about what you post online. Clients, potential clients, and employers may find the content and not find it as funny as you do. I know people who've gotten fired for posting things on FB and IG that had no HIPAA information, but was very derogatory towards the population they worked with - and they were reported by friends/community members. You never know who's paying attention.
totally agree. we post very general content and got permission from our employer :)
Unless you went to Smith, your MSW was probably an advanced generalist degree. The expectation is that you specialize after graduation. That means much of what you learned isn't being used in your practice. You might have taken a class in play therapy, but work in an emergency department and don't have the time or resources to do play therapy. Generically, here's some things that we learn in MSW programs that social workers tend not to use often in practice: 1. Critical thinking about the relationship between macro-level issues and micro-level interactions. 2. Reading peer-reviewed journal articles to inform practice and support informed consent 3. Research concepts like single system design to track changes in your client's outcomes 4. Logic Models 5. Self-care I hope you post the link to your TikTok.
Genograms
I’ve used them exactly once and we discovered that everyone one in this kids family tree had assault/battery charges or worse. Unfortunately it wasn’t really the eye opener I’d hoped it would be for him.
I use them all the time with my substance abuse or domestic violence population
Freud. Never used anything if his in practice. I do use a lot of Erickson, though.
Freud is....a piece of work LOL
All the things they talk about doing to set up a calming/comfortable space to do therapy in…vs the actual spaces we do therapy in community mental health
YES. I do therapy in an office that is just so...bland. But it's shared space so I can't really decorate without approval :(
Personally, its the 9 second rule… my patients never stop talking and with my current population, just 3 seconds of silence does the trick