The Influence of Clinical Supervision of Therapists in the Therapeutic Alliance Between Patient and Therapist

The therapeutic alliance between patient and Clinical Social Worker/Therapist is directly influenced by clinical supervision that therapists receive. This article will bring awareness to Clinical Supervisors’ abilities to correct and adjust to how they are providing Clinical Supervision or how Clinical Social Workers are receiving supervision.

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Blurring boundaries: An emotionally aware caregiver, social worker, and researcher

Qualitative Social Work ◽

10.1177/1473325016652682 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 15 (5-6) ◽

pp. 682-695 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

David Camacho

Keyword(s):

Social Workers ◽

Social Worker ◽

Lived Experiences ◽

Emotional Awareness ◽

Research Process ◽

Clinical Social Worker ◽

Clinical Social Workers ◽

The Creation ◽

The Impact

In this article, I illustrate lived experiences within my roles as caregiver, clinical social worker, and researcher. Empirical attention has focused on the emotional toll of caregiving and management of emotions as clinical social workers, however, little attention has been given to the impact emotions have on the researcher and how emotional awareness can be useful in the creation of knowledge. Using a personal reflexive account, I “out” myself as an emotionally aware caregiver, clinical social worker, and researcher. Finally, I provide examples of how to incorporate emotion into the research process.

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Queer Communities (Competency and Positionality)

Encyclopedia of Social Work ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.881 ◽

2014 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Michael P. Dentato

Keyword(s):

Best Practices ◽

Therapeutic Alliance ◽

Social Workers ◽

Social Worker ◽

Age Cohort ◽

Lgbt Community ◽

Bisexual And Transgender ◽

Queer Communities

There is a critical and ongoing need for the expansion of competency among social workers related to understanding queer identities and issues related to positionality within queer communities. It is also important to continually examine the evolving terminology and context through which the term queer has been defined over the years and relevant challenges with connectedness to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Age cohort associations and the role of intersectionality also have relevance and underscore the multidimensional discourse necessary to develop effective competency, and engage in affirming practice with queer communities. Social worker practitioners must understand the implications for best practices associated with establishing and maintaining an affirming therapeutic alliance with queer clients, as well as the continued need for research related to understanding the unique needs of queer identities and the queer community at-large.

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Adjustment Disorder Amongst Welfare Social Service Clients: The Role of Period of Service Receipt and Social Worker’s Alternation

The British Journal of Social Work ◽

10.1093/bjsw/bcaa192 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Michal Mahat-Shamir ◽

Ester Zychlinski ◽

Osnat Lavenda ◽

Maya Kagan

Keyword(s):

Therapeutic Alliance ◽

Social Workers ◽

Social Services ◽

Random Sample ◽

Life Events ◽

Social Worker ◽

Social Service ◽

Adjustment Disorder ◽

Common Life

Abstract Adjustment disorder is a maladaptive reaction to common life events. Levels of adjustment disorder can serve as one of the indicators of the effectiveness of social services interventions. Yet, the role of service receipt period and of social worker alternation in explaining levels of adjustment disorder remains unclear. In order to explore this issue, structured questionnaires were distributed to a random sample of 190 clients of a social services department in Israel. Whilst no significant differences were found between service receipt periods with regard to clients’ adjustment disorder, clients treated by a single social worker reported lower levels of adjustment disorder than those treated by alternating social workers. Furthermore, new and long-standing clients, treated by alternating social workers displayed higher levels of adjustment disorder than those treated by a single social worker. The importance of therapeutic alliance is discussed in light of the present findings.

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