Capabilities

Posted on November 3, 2020 by msw blog

I would say, try to be defined not by your gender but by your capacity. The harder you work, the more you throw yourself into something you’re passionate about, the more your work starts to speak for itself. That’s actually what’s helped me. At the start everyone was like, “But your a girl/” And today , nobody care what I am. I’m a necessity: The system needs me to help to make changes. I would say to any girl out there, that’s what you want to aim for – to be defined not by your gender but by your capabilities. –  Asha Devos

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Positively Purging-I welcome your feedbacks in the comments and your likes and passing the real life wisdom on to others as I embark on this new venture of “positively purging“, as I know each of these pieces represents something…

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Therapeutic Notes: The People Pleaser

Posted on November 3, 2020 by msw blog

My career journal is filled with scraps of paper, my dreams, countless questions, and thoughts; all of which bring a flood of memories with one powerful statement, which is “I wish someone would have told me this.” So, I’ll be the one telling you.

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What do you do about the people pleaser? State sounds like you really care about people, and it sounds like you are doing more things for them than they are doing for you. State you value them and not caring about their  fake self

  • How do you get the truth?
  • How did you figure out a client is a people pleaser?
  • Summarize reflection ?

Advice from a clinical supervisor Stay flexible- as you get to know your clients and what makes them tick, be careful not to “pigeonhole” them based on information about their culture, religion, family background, spirituality, socioeconomic status, etc. Avoid stereotypes. Be open minded. This allows the social worker to work with a wide variety or range of clients. Clients often feel, “if the social worker accepts me, then I must be okay.” —Disclaimer: My blog is to be used for general information, inspirational, and motivational purposes. I share things that I’ve learnt and experienced.  In case of need, do seek help from a professional in the relevant field.

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The Line

Posted on November 2, 2020 by msw blog

Comical Explanation

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Word of the Day

Posted on November 2, 2020 by msw blog

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Social work is acting out of love for strangers in tangible ways. We are made to represent love so that all people we encounter have a more profound sense of hope and faith within themselves. We do the hard, intimate, sometimes painful work and in return bring a little more of the divine into daily life. We get to remind one another about the bigger, more beautiful picture we cannot always see from where we are. One of the most profound gifts we can give to our clients is the willingness to hunt down tissue or offer a safe place to be upset.

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Presidential Election

Posted on November 2, 2020 by msw blog

I love the Opt Ed section of the paper. I believe we all need to write at least one letter on something we’re passionate about in our lifetime. In saying that, I agree with this piece.

Tomorrow is your last chance to vote in the city runoff election | San Antonio Chamber

Michelle Obama’s Democratic National Convention speech made me tear up. OK, I’ll be honest, her words made me cry. She spoke to the brokenness I am feeling, that our children are feeling, that we all are feeling.

As a pediatrician currently training to care for children with behavioral concerns, I have uniquely witnessed the impact these past three-and-a-half years have had on our children’s health. There are the children who have experienced panic attacks worrying about their parents being deported; those who have been bullied and called racial slurs; the child of color thrown in juvenile detention for making a verbal comment. Not to mention the rising anxiety, depression and general levels of uncertainty that have only been exacerbated by the chaotic behavior and responses/lack of responses (as well as utter lack of empathy) demonstrated by the individual in our nation’s highest office.

So we should all do what Obama cleverly said via her gold necklace — because she knows that if we are going to judge one another by external factors, she might as well make the message clear: V-O-T-E. “Like our lives depend on it.” Because they — and the lives our children — do.

Julia Mattson, M.D., Ph.D., Seattle

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