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May

Person-Centered Therapy and the Social Work Exam

May 18, 2014 | knowledge

Person-Centered Therapy (sometimes PCT) is the default setting for the majority of psychotherapists practicing today.

knowledge

May

Crisis Intervention and the Social Work Exam

May 14, 2014 | knowledge | theory

While touring various theories and interventions that may come up on the social work exam, don't forget to take some time for something that you can be fairly certain to encounter on the big test (and in social work practice): crisis intervention.

knowledge | theory

May

Solution-Focused Therapy and the Social Work Exam

May 12, 2014 | knowledge

Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT; also Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, SFBT) got a mention a couple of posts ago, but deserves some space of its own--it's not unheard of for SFT to show up on the social work licensing exam. What's SFT?

knowledge

May

Existential Therapy and the Social Work Exam

May 8, 2014 | knowledge | theory

Did you have to read The Stranger or maybe some Sartre in school? If so, you know something about existentialism. If not, or if you need brushing up, here's Merriam-

knowledge | theory

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

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