Category Archives: Clinical Supervision

Emotional Mapping 

Posted on February 28, 2024 by msw blog

Emotional Map – draw out (and understand) all your recent feelings. Label them, color code them, add bullet points of everything that makes you feel each emotion. This allows you to decouple the elements and save the good, and work … Continue reading →

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Tough Conversations

Posted on February 28, 2024 by msw blog

My brother has been incarcerated for several years for drug offenses. This has been extremely painful for our entire family, but I love him and try to keep in touch with him. My wife and I have two children, ages … Continue reading →

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Help is on the Way

Posted on February 16, 2024 by msw blog

 Due to a variety of events (pandemic, birth of twins, moved twice in the past two years with said twins, etc.), my anxiety has really gotten out of control. I have been self-medicating in different ways to push it away … Continue reading →

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Keep a Done List

Posted on February 2, 2024 by msw blog

Keep a done list: Oftentimes, says Burkeman, we wake up and automatically feel like we’re in a “productivity debt.” Rather than making a to-do list that may or may not get done, crafting a done list is “a way of … Continue reading →

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The Pinapple Conversation

Posted on January 9, 2024 by msw blog

Your answer to this question will give you insight both on how you listen and how you like to be heard. A friend says to you with urgency, “I need a pineapple. Do you have one?” You’ve got none. You … Continue reading →

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