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Self Psychology for Social Workers: Interview with Tom Young, Ph.D.

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[Episode 107] Today's episode of the Social Work Podcast is about self-psychology. Tom is a retired professor of social work from Widener University and the author of several publications on social work and self psychology. In today's episode Tom talks about the role of empathy in self psychology, the function of mirroring, idealizing, and twinship experiences in the development of the self, how self psychology can be applied in individual, couple, and family contexts. Tom talks us through a case involving an adolescent male and shares resources for those interested in learning more. Transcript Download MP3 [52:22] Introduction Hey there podcast listeners, Jonathan here. Today's episode of the Social Work Podcast is about self-psychology. Self psychology is part of the psychodynamic tradition which includes drive theory, ego psychology, and object-relations theory. I know some of you hearing the word �psychodynamic� and thinking, "old stuff.� But I have some goo...

Becoming a Clinical Social Worker: Interview with Dr. Danna Bodenheimer

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[Episode 99] Today�s episode of the Social Work Podcast is about becoming a clinical social worker. My guest, Dr. Danna Bodenheimer, is the author of  Real World Clinical Social Work: Find Your Voice and Find Your Way  published by New Social Worker Press . Download MP3 [35:48] In today's interview Danna and I talk about what makes a social worker a clinical social worker, what distinguishes a good from a bad clinical social worker, the one essential thing that all social workers bring to supervision, and the role of narcissism, observing ego, transference, counter-transference and the real relationship in clinical social work. We end with a discussion of money and how social workers need to earn enough so they can be present with their clients. @socworkpodcast Holy #99 podcast. LOVED Danna Bodenheimer's interview. Buying the book ASAP. Thank you. � Lyndsay (@Wilshawl) November 10, 2015 Bio (from Amazon.com ) Dr. Danna Bodenheimer, LCSW, lives and works in Philadelphia, P...

Shared Trauma: Interview with Carol Tosone, Ph.D.

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[Episode 91] Today's episode of the Social Work Podcast is about shared trauma,  one in which the provider and client experienced the same traumatic event simultaneously. If you're not familiar with the concept of shared trauma, no worries. It is a relatively new concept, but one that has been experienced as long as there have been helpers and... helpees. In order to better understand shared trauma , I spoke with Dr. Carol Tosone, one of a handful of scholars whose writings and research have defined shared trauma. Dr. Tosone is Associate Professor at New York University Silver School of Social Work. She is a Distinguished Scholar in Social Work in the National Academies of Practice in Washington, D.C. In today's episode, Dr. Tosone unpacks the concept of shared trauma. She uses her personal experience of being in a therapy session on September 11, 2001, when the first plane flew over her building, and how sharing the trauma of 9/11 with her client affected her professiona...