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May

Gestalt Therapy and the Social Work Exam

May 5, 2014 | knowledge | theory

Once you've got down the basics--CBT, DBT, psychodynamic therapy, and the like--you're ready to dig deeper in your licensing exam prep. That means you'll be putting together knowledge about material that may not actually appear on the exam.

knowledge | theory

May

Psychodynamic Therapy and the Social Work Exam

May 3, 2014 | knowledge | theory

For most vignette questions on the social work licensing exam where a client presents with a problem and the social worker needs to choose the BEST intervention, you'll be given a choice between something here-and-now, problem-

knowledge | theory

Apr

DBT and the Social Work Exam

April 21, 2014 | knowledge | theory

Here's another therapy you shouldn't be surprised to see appear on the social work licensing exam: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). What's DBT? Here are some quick answers to that question--

knowledge | theory

Apr

CBT and the Social Work Exam

April 8, 2014 | knowledge | theory

A good general guideline for the social work licensing exam: "When in doubt, it's CBT." Why? Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is research validated therapy practice. That is, it works--studies say so.

knowledge | theory

Mar

Social Work Exam Resource: Human Development Theory

March 19, 2014 | knowledge

Part of effective prepping for the social work licensing exam is gauging just how much is necessary to know about a given topic to get through the test. There's so much information that can potentially end up on the exam.

knowledge

Mar

Code of Ethics Spotlight: Sexual Relationships

March 10, 2014 | ethics | practice

Here's a section of the NASW Code of Ethics that doesn't need a lot of rereading and figuring. Can ethical social workers have sexual relationships with clients or former clients? No. It takes the code a while to get this said, in Section 1.

ethics | practice

Feb

Code of Ethics Spotlight: Conflicts of Interest

February 24, 2014 | ethics

Next up on our Code of Ethics tour is a big one--lots of potential social work licensing exam questions lurk in this section. It's 1.06, Conflicts of Interest--follow the link for the text in its entirety.

ethics

Feb

Pass the LCSW Exam

February 10, 2014

There are a lot of ways to approach the social work exam. You can view it as an Everest or a gnat--

Feb

SWTP Inbox: "I passed!"

February 4, 2014 | passed the ASWB exam | LCSW | success stories

Great news--and a great review--from Jane W.: I passed my LCSW exam in Illinois today (86%)! Social Work Test Prep was wonderful practice and very similar in both content and layout to the actual exam.

passed the ASWB exam | LCSW | success stories

Feb

Code of Ethics Spotlight: Cultural Competence and Social Diversity

February 1, 2014 | ethics

Returning to our ongoing tour of the NASW Code of Ethics, we arrive at section 1.05, Cultural Competence and Social Diversity.

ethics

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