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[Episode 34] Today's podcast is a bit of a departure from the norm. Instead of doing a podcast on social work, we're doing a podcast on... the social work podcast. There are two reasons for this rather unusual topic. First, it is a way of celebrating the one year anniversary of the Social Work Podcast; The podcast started in February 2007 as a way to help students learn, but has grown into a resource for social workers at all stages of their careers. Second, UT-Austin's School of Social Work wanted to do an article on me because I am an alum of their social work program. Rather than doing a traditional interview over the phone, I suggested we do a podcast (big surprise, right?). Interviewing me today is Jennifer Luna-Idu�ate , Director of the DiNitto Center for Career Services and Alumni Relations at the University of Texas at Austin's School of Social Work . In today's interview Jennifer and I talked about how the podcast got started, the goal of the podcas...

[Episode 33] Today�s podcast is the last in a three part series on phone supervision. In Part I and Part II I spoke with Simon Feuerman and Melissa Groman about their experiences of providing phone supervision and consultation. In today�s interview I speak with Jody Bechtold about her experience receiving phone supervision as part of her process of becoming a Nationally Certified Gambling Counselor. We talked about the process she went through to find phone supervision, some of the pros and cons and likes and dislikes. Jody contrasted phone supervision with face-to-face supervision and talked about phone supervision etiquette. Download MP3 [15:53] There were some interesting similarities and differences between Jody's comments on Phone Supervision and those of Simon and Melissa. Compared to the phone consultation provided by Simon and Melissa, Jody�s phone supervision was very structured and targeted. Still, her description of the experience of phone supervision, and the a...

[Episode 32] Today�s podcast is the second in a three part series on phone supervision. In today�s podcast I continue my discussion with Simon Feuerman and Melissa Groman about phone supervision. Simon and Melissa are licensed clinical social workers, clinical supervisors and consultants and founders of the The New Center for Advanced Psychotherapy Studies and The Good Practice Institute for Professional Psychotherapists . These businesses were established in 2006 and 2007 respectively, as learning programs for licensed clinicians from all training and theoretical backgrounds to learn together without geographic limitations. Simon and Melissa are two of a growing number of clinicians who use accessible and affordable telecommunications and internet technologies to eliminate traditional barriers to supervision, including geographical distance, time constraints, and lack of local clinical experts. In this episode we talk about the technical details of setting up and participating in ph...