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Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT) for Depressed and Suicidal Youth: Interview with Guy Diamond, Ph.D., and Suzanne Levy, Ph.D.

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[Episode 96] In today's Social Work Podcast I speak with two of the three developers of Attachment-based Family Therapy (ABFT), Guy S. Diamond, Ph.D. and Suzanne Levy, Ph.D. The third developer Gary M. Diamond (no relation to Guy Diamond) lives in Israel and was unavailable for the interview. ABFT is the only family-based psychotherapy with empirical support for reducing suicidal ideation in youth. In today's interview, Dr. Diamond and Dr. Levy discuss the theory and practice of Attachment-Based Family Therapy. Dr. Diamond mostly covers theory and concepts, and Dr. Levy addresses the question of "what does the therapist actually do in the therapy room." Download MP3 [50:36] If you're interested in learning more about ABFT, you can buy the treatment manual  Attachment Based Family Therapy for Depressed Adolescents , watch a free webinar  http://youtu.be/KcwHznzq-S4 , or attend a workshop (details on their website:  http://drexel.edu/familyintervention/attachme

Happy Social Work Month 2015

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[Episode 95] Hey there podcast listeners. March is Social Work Month . I know, you�re saying, but every month is social work month. Yes� that�s true� for social workers. But, social work is one of those professions that, to misquote Ogden Rogers [Episode 88], if you�re doing it well, people don�t know you�re doing it. so, let�s have a month to remind the general public of what social workers do. In that spirit, today�s episode is a quick and dirty rundown of some of the things I do for social work and some of the things I�m involved in that make social work a better profession. So, this episode is a quick and dirty rundown of upcoming episodes, resources for social work and technology, and information about my book, Suicide in Schools, published by Routledge Press in December 2014. NASW�s theme for Social Work Month 2015 is �social work paves the way for change.� I love our profession and all that we do to pave the way for change for the oppressed, marginalized, and underrepresented in