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The Healing Power of Clinical Social Work

April 2, 2018 by mhohman

People come to therapy for three reasons: to heal, to problem solve, and to grow.  Psychological wounds heal only through the soothing, transformative, and liberating power of successful attachments to other human beings.  Our psychological selves come into being through attachment and we grow and develop as psychological beings through successful attachment and attachment supported […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Social Work Practice

Psychiatric Social Work in the ER by Candy Elson, LCSW

June 27, 2016 by mhohman

As some of you know, I work in a local emergency room as a “psychiatric liaison” a couple of week-ends a month and sometimes I get called in for four hours of an evening is someone calls in sick and they need coverage. You never know what to expect and it is amazing the number […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Personal Stories, Social Work in San Diego

A Visit to the Village: Lessons in Recovery by Jacquie Hernandez, MSW student

January 4, 2016 by mhohman

The 2015-2016 Mental Health Training Program (MHTP) Stipend Recipients had the pleasure of joining Professor Candy Elson in visiting The Village, an adult integrated services recovery program that is a part of Mental Health America of Los Angeles. The agency is a recovery oriented agency that focuses on meeting clients where they are and assisting […]

Filed Under: Mental Health

RecoverMe – From Dublin to San Diego by Jacquie Hernandez

June 22, 2015 by mhohman

Project Enable is a BPSR (biopsychosocial recovery) clinic that works with adults with a severe mental health diagnosis. I interned with the TAY (transitional age youth) program. One of the main components of this program is their TAY group. This is an open-ended group that is specifically for TAYs to teach them independent living skills, […]

Filed Under: Alcohol and Other Drugs, Mental Health

A Decentralized Service Delivery Model Benefits Clients and Providers at SURVIVORS By Carin Anderson, MSW Intern

February 9, 2015 by mhohman

Social work, like other human service professions, requires the clinician to practice self-care to balance work with physical, emotional, and psychological well being. This is especially true when working with torture survivors. Even those such as immigration court clerks or interpreters need to be cognizant that the work they are doing can have an effect […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Social Work in San Diego, Social Work Practice

Social Work and Interns at Survivors of Torture, International by Carin Anderson

December 8, 2014 by mhohman

Survivors of Torture, International (SURVIVORS) was founded in 1997 to fill a gap in services for survivors in San Diego County. Their program takes a holistic approach to healing with psychotherapy, psychiatry, psychological evaluations and medial affidavits for asylum seekers, medical case management, and interpreters. Additionally, SURVIVORS offers case management. Tammy Pham is a MSW […]

Filed Under: Diversity, International Social Work, Mental Health, Social Work Internships/Field

The Recovery Model in Action: MHTP Student Field Trip to MHA Village by Desiree Llanas

February 11, 2014 by mhohman

On December 18, 2013, Master of Social Work students in the Mental Health Training Program (MHTP) took a small road trip from San Diego to Long Beach in order to visit “The Village” of Mental Health America, Los Angeles. The Village offers comprehensive mental health services using an integrated services approach. This was an amazing […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Uncategorized

“Got Grit? And other essential character traits…”

September 27, 2013 by engstrom

Submitted by Debbie Boerbaitz, LCSW, PPSC, School Social Worker Otay Elementary is a K-6, Title 1 Public School in the Chula Vista Elementary School District, with a population of approximately 610 students. We have received distinction as a California Distinguished School, National Blue Ribbon School, and were recipients of the Title 1 Academic Achievement and […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, School Social Work

Mental Health in International Settings

August 27, 2013 by chhs1

Sally Mathiesen, Ph.D., LCSW What is mental health?  The World Health Organization launched Project Atlas in 2000 to respond to the large gaps in the collection and dissemination of information about mental health service delivery in countries around the world.  “It replaces impressions and opinions with facts and figures” (WHO, 2011, p.7). The main findings […]

Filed Under: Mental Health

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