Social Work Archive
A lot of what has been written about goal setting is simplistic and misleading, as if to suggest that if you set goals, somehow your life will be transformed. But, despite this hype, there is much value in setting goals …
Those of us who have been around for a few decades can remember when having this day to reflect on the transformative life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. appeared to be another dream just beyond our grasp. But …
Implementation and Significance: Simple Psychotherapeutic InterventionsPromise them anything, but give them behavior potential. Peter OssorioNear the start of my training analysis I realized that my mostly silent analyst, seated behind me, wrote with a scratchy pencil. Evidently, not everything I …
My summer reading included Renegade for Peace and Justice, the autobiography of California Congresswoman Barbara Lee who represents the 13th Congressional District that includes Berkeley, Oakland and Alameda County. Hers is a remarkable story. She had to overcome enormous challenges—difficulties …
My daughter who gave me the strength to heal. One day, I decided to take a leap of faith and walk away from the industry that I thought I knew so well due to an unplanned pregnancy. It’s the industry …
There were a few troubling findings in the survey of the nation’s millennial population recently released by the Institute on Politics (IOP) at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School. C-SPAN’s Washington Journal’s Monday morning segment focused on the fact that …
Pain can be mental or physical, but either way, being in pain is a truly miserable experience. Minor pain is tolerable. If you stub your toe or the cat scratches your arm the unpleasant sensation you experience doesn’t last for …
Research data from the UK has shown once again that there is a direct link between childhood obesity and social standing. The national childhood measurement program found that children from poorer areas were twice as likely to be overweight or …
As the sounds of an abusive husband interrogating his partner intensify off-screen, a camera pans up a flight of stairs. A young boy, maybe 3, sits in knitted pajamas at the top of the staircase, cradling a plastic yellow truck. He …
When you think about it, the concept of “one person, one vote” is relatively new to the American experience. It was not until 1920 that the 19th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified giving women in the United States the …
