TONS of FANTASTIC and Realistic Therapeutic Interventions!

So as you all may (or may not) know, I am slightly obsessed with Pinterest (check my various Therapeutic Interventions boards out at Pinterest.com/carlycollins). I was perusing tonight and am always looking for new and creative ideas on there, personally and professionally speaking. 


Well tonight I ran across Amber Seidel's Therapy Interventions (Play, Creative, and More) Pinterest page, and I HAD to share it with you! It has some wonderful, creative, simple, and realistic ideas to use with your clients!!! Click above or here to access her page.


If you need tons of great ideas, check it out, you won't be disappointed!

Study Tool for Licensing Exam!

For those of you studying for the Licensing Exam, this might be a helpful resource! 


Mnemonics in a mnutshell: 32 aids to psychiatric diagnosis

Note: This is for personal use only, as it states on the PDF file. I am simply posting it here so that you might use it for your own personal reference/studying.

Thanks again to my colleague Kendra for sharing!

Free Therapy Worksheets and CBT Tools

Thanks to my MSW colleague, Kendra, for sharing this resource!
Free Therapy Worksheets and CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) from get.gg found here

Image courtesy of The Royal College of Psychiatrists

I Statements and Communication Skills

Here are some helpful resources I've found for using in family sessions regarding utilizing I Statements and increasing communication skills:
Advocates for Youth: Using "I" Statements
Learning to Give: I, You, The World 

Image Courtesy of The Usual Error Project

Building Empathy

Some great ideas for assisting children with building empathy skills:
http://www.johnhoward.ab.ca/docs/modules/Bullying/BLYG0203-EmpathyActivity.pdf
https://dschool.stanford.edu/groups/k12/wiki/15f3a/

http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/being-mindful-empathy-building-play-therapy-0112114/

Image courtesy here

Talking With Children About Cancer

Good info from NASW about talking with children about cancer:
http://www.socialworkblog.org/nasw-news-article/2011/12/talking-with-kids-about-cancer/

Help Foster Youth Gain Access to College

NAEHCY: Unaccompanied Youth Toolkits Homepage

Fantastic resource for those of you who work with high school aged foster/homeless youth!

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