tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179458906222081764.post8477143041038877159..comments2024-01-31T12:45:20.185-05:00Comments on The New Social Worker Online Blog: Therapy for All?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179458906222081764.post-46169045668247149452011-08-21T01:30:25.000-04:002011-08-21T01:30:25.000-04:00I think every social worker and every person that ...I think every social worker and every person that works with people should go to therapy. I do community work and have done interpersonal work in the past and found counseling to be a refreshing and clarifying experience to process different stages of my life. Quite frankly, I think it is irresponsible for a therapist to offer services without examining their own life and processing their processMozartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179458906222081764.post-48730462854142369862011-08-20T17:07:21.000-04:002011-08-20T17:07:21.000-04:00I think it depends on the field a social worker pu...I think it depends on the field a social worker pursues. Those who don't necessarily have much personal client contact probably do great without their own therapy. However, I think every practicing counselor/therapist should experience "the couch." Regardless if any active issues are present or not, it pays to be self-aware so as not to become a barrier between youself and the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179458906222081764.post-4335313099153592792011-08-20T12:00:17.256-04:002011-08-20T12:00:17.256-04:00 I think that all social workers and counselors sh... I think that all social workers and counselors should have the experience of being on the other side of the chair. As well, if a social worker has some unresolved issues that might get in the way of their work, they should definitely get therapy. As for whether ALL social workers should BE seeing a therapist...that's ridiculous. <br /><br />And social workers aren't more difficult antiSWernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179458906222081764.post-66835859359052053692011-08-20T10:35:55.452-04:002011-08-20T10:35:55.452-04:00I have often contemplated similar questions. As an...I have often contemplated similar questions. As an outpatient therapist I have discussed there being "a thin line between the chairs" at times. While we all have some kind of baggage, admitting our limitations and self-awareness is key; as does supervision and consultation remain essential. <br />Prior to my becoming a therapist, but 5 years or so post MSW, I went to two sessions with aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4179458906222081764.post-40207122358909486942011-08-20T10:03:59.892-04:002011-08-20T10:03:59.892-04:00Its not a bad idea for social workers to see a the...Its not a bad idea for social workers to see a therapist on a regular basis. We are always on the recieving end of other people's issues and struggle for growth and although it is our chosen walk, we must find a way to release it all back into the world as positive energy. This does not have to be produced through therapy alone for there are many avenues of redirection that we have to choose Mia Howard, BSWhttp://www.themonarchcommunity.orgnoreply@blogger.com