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Aug

Power Differential and Racial Privilege

August 20, 2026 | aswb exam | practice

A good working relationship doesn't dissolve the power differential between a social worker and a client. It just makes it easier to stop noticing. That's the premise underneath most exam questions in this area.

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Aug

Polyamory and Relationship Development

August 18, 2026 | aswb exam | practice

The ASWB content outline covers dynamics of interpersonal relationships and relationship development, and it names four examples: family, couples, groups, and polyamory. The first three have been standard exam territory for a long time.

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Aug

Counseling for Couples and Families with Addiction

August 16, 2026 | aswb exam | practice

A referral for substance use usually arrives with one name on it. One client, one diagnosis, one treatment plan.

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Aug

Anti-Oppressive and Anti-Racist Approaches

August 13, 2026 | aswb exam | practice

Anti-oppressive practice is not a more emphatic version of cultural competence. The two get grouped together in study materials, but they ask different questions and point at different targets.

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Aug

Ethics and Electronic Practice: Consent, Security, and the Plan for When It Fails

August 11, 2026 | aswb exam | practice

A client logs on for a video session from a car in a grocery store parking lot. It's the only private space she has. Ten minutes in, she starts describing an escalating fight with her partner, and the screen freezes.

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Aug

Legal and Ethical Issues Related to Death and Dying

August 6, 2026 | aswb exam | practice

End-of-life vignettes carry more emotional weight than most exam questions. The daughter who can't let go. The client who says he's ready. The family that wants to know what was said in session.

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Aug

"SWTP was my secret weapon..." -

August 5, 2026 | passed the ASWB exam | LCSW | LMSW

This may sound like we wrote it. We did not. SWTP was my secret weapon for both the LMSW and LCSW-C exams. When I prepared for my LMSW, SWTP was the tool that made everything click—so when it was time to sit for my LCSW-

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Aug

EMDR and the Social Work Exam

August 4, 2026 | aswb exam | knowledge | practice

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing appears by name in the ASWB content outline, listed alongside cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness-

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Aug

The New ASWB Exam Is Here: Good News for You

August 3, 2026 | aswb exam

Today's the day. As of August 3, the ASWB licensing exams run on their new format: 122 questions split into two 61-question sections, two hours per section, with an optional break between them while the clock stops.

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Jul

Capacity vs. Competence on the ASWB Exam

July 30, 2026 | aswb exam | practice

In everyday practice talk, "capacity" and "competence" get used almost interchangeably. On the ASWB exam, they never are. The two words point to different systems, different decision-

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