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HEALTHY HABITS: When a friend is dying (7/04/07)
MetroWest Daily News - Framingham,MA,USA
In their work at the Natick Visiting Nurse Association, Elizabeth Bonomi, LICSW, and Patricia Burke, RN, have both cared for patients facing the end of life ...
Helping victims deal with the grief (6/29/07)
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
Elizabeth English, a licensed clinical social worker from Sacramento, arrived at Cayuga Circle to offer comfort to the Allegrini family as they sifted ...
Family pushes for changes in state mental health system (6/29/07)
The Virginian-Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
"I feel bad that my mother has to be criminalized because she went in there as a victim," said Hasan Johnson, a licensed clinical social worker in New ...
Free to be themselves (6/27/07)
Chicago Tribune - United States
King, a clinical social worker from Plainfield and the father of three young sons, two of them diagnosed as having autism, said he started his group for ...
War hero is Pride honoree (6/24/07)
San Francisco Chronicle - CA , USA
Accompanying Alva on Sunday will be his partner, Darrell Parsons, 42, a licensed clinical social worker. Parsons encouraged Alva to come out last year. ...
Tempers heating up, too (6/22/07)
Grand Junction Sentinel - Grand Junction, CO, USA
"Heat is a stresser," said Mark Scofield, a licensed clinical social worker. "The potential for conflict can get magnified. If you're more irritable, ...
Short statured adults deal with a society that emphasizes tall (6/20/07)
Journal and Courier - Lafayette, IN, USA
Ellen Frankel, a licensed clinical social worker and advocate for short-statured adults, argues society puts too great an emphasis on height. ...
Foster parents tell one little girl's story (6/20/07)
Picayune Item - Picayune, MS, USA
A letter from the child's counselor, Marilyn Gouguet, LCSW, BCD was sent to Joey Fillingane, an attorney hired by the Kites to protect the child's rights ...
The Playboy Defense (6/20/07)
Philadelphia citypaper.net - Philadelphia, PA, USA
Amy Jersild, LCSW, is assistant coordinator at Temple University's Sexual Assault Counseling and Education program.
Fighting Back, Without Aggression (6/19/07)
Washington Post - United States
Teaching social skills For six years, licensed clinical social worker and McLean School counselor Julie Baron has helped fifth- and sixth-graders devise ...
Facing the unknown - psychiatric hospitalization (6/19/07)
The Southern - Carbondale, IL, USA
PEG FALCONE is a member of the Jackson County Health Communities Coalition's Mental Health Action Team, a licensed clinical social worker and development ...
Wanted: social workers that know the turf (6/17/07)
Los Angeles Times - CA, USA
By Rong-Gong Lin II, Times Staff Writer By the time a social worker is brought into a child's life, warning flags have already been noticed. ...
Cuddles versus commute: Many dads strive to balance office and ... (6/17/07)
Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Commuting is stressful," Audrey I. Steinhorn, a licensed clinical social worker who works in Saugerties, said. "The stress begins very early in a day and ...
Patients make strides with equestrian help (6/11/07)
The Olympian - Olympia, WA, USA
Riding instructor Leigh Shambo, who is also a clinical social worker, said that riders with behavioral or emotional issues also have benefited from the ...
School of Social Work ranked high for scholarly productivity (6/7/07)
Inside Illinois - Champaign, IL, USA
The UI School of Social Work was ranked number one in a study published last month on scholarly productivity in six prominent social work research journals. ...
Latina teens are highest rate of suicide attempts (6/7/07)
Great Reporter -
Both of these 14-year-old Hispanic girls, whose names have been changed, were later counseled by Hilda Benitez, a licensed clinical social worker at Unitas ...
Camp is 'uplifting' to cancer survivors (6/4/07)
PensacolaNewsJournal.com - Pensacola, FL, USA
"Cancer Survivors Day is a celebration," said Marcia DeSonier, a licensed clinical social worker for Baptist Cancer Institute. "We were trying to bring in ...
Business People (6/4/07)
Worcester Telegram - Worcester, MA, USA
Christine M. MacWade of Worcester, a licensed clinical social worker, has been appointed executive director of Family Services of Central Massachusetts. ...
Selwyn Lewis Boyer: 1928 - 2004 (6/2/07)
Chicago Tribune - Chicago,IL,USA
Mr. Boyer, 78, of Geneva, a one-time political candidate and longtime clinical social worker and social services administrator in the western suburbs, ...
Earth angels at Compassionate Care Hospice (6/2/07)
Courier Life Publications - Brooklyn, NY, USA
"Hospice is a philosophy," said Compassionate Care Hospice Social Worker Beth Ann Gillery, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, "to provide comfort and ...
WORKWISE: Remain self-confident when countering hatred (6/2/07)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - St. Louis, MO, USA
Lynn Hagan, licensed clinical social worker in private practice at Cohen Associates PA, in Houston, spent five years counseling US State Department ...
Daddy's baby blues (6/1/07)
Burlington Times News - Burlington, NC, USA
... and that it was not just about Elisabeth," says Vivianna Schilpp, a licensed clinical social worker with St. Joseph who provides individual and group ...
Domestic Violence Experts Announce Ground-Breaking Conference ... (5/31/07)
American Chronicle - Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Continuing education credits are available for LCSW's, MFT's, PhD's, Batterer Intervention Providers and Family Court Mediators/Evaluators. ...
Williams-Parr changed lives (5/30/07)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (subscription) - Milwaukee, WI, USA
Ada Williams-Parr did not think of herself as a clinical social worker - that is, a social worker working as a therapist - but that was often what she was, ...
Veterans program planned (5/29/07)
Bowling Green Daily News - Bowling Green, KY, USA
Paul Webb, a Nashville-based licensed clinical social worker, said he recently started traveling to Bowling Green's BEST Center for Independent Living, ...
Hey, parents, plan ahead to avoid lazy summer daze (5/29/07)
Patriot-News - Harrisburg, PA, USA
"The summer should be a balance of structure and activity," said Tracy Richards, family therapist and clinical social worker with Riegler-Shienvold ...
Treating the body, mind and spirit (5/27/06)
Sacramento Bee - Sacramento, CA, USA
A patient visits Sierra Family Medical Clinic worker Jennifer Sale, left, a licensed clinical social worker. She treats about eight patients a day at the ...
Volunteer service tops this family's values (5/27/06)
North County Times - Escondido, CA, USA
Sandra is a clinical social worker, who frequently referred patients to Neighborhood Healthcare. Her brother Alan, a board member, recommended her for a ...
Senior kicks addictions, prepares for college life (5/26/07)
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des Moines, IA, USA
... the end come out better, that's pretty remarkable," said John Stanley, a clinical social worker who has counseled Jessica weekly during the past year. ...
APA: Simple Screen Improves Suicide Risk Assessment (5/25/07)
Psychiatric Times - New York, NY, USA
The test could also be administered by a social worker or other health care professional, he noted. Dr. Miller and colleagues adopted and tested the scale ...
Middle School a Real Minefield for Girls (5/21/07)
Jewish Exponent - Philadelphia, PA, USA
As a social worker with Montgomery County Family Services -- and the mother of twin, 13-year-old girls -- Paula Singer is well aware of this rough terrain. ...
Flying high: New room will allow 5-year-old Ben to become the ... (5/24/07)
Wellesley Townsman - Wellesley, MA, USA
It was around that time, she said, that a clinical social worker in the hospital encouraged her to fill out an application to be considered by the Room to ...
Two Baylor students creating area's first immigration legal aid center (5/24/07)
Waco Tribune Herald - Waco, TX, USA
Triana, who is pursing a dual master's degree in social work and divinity at Baylor University, and classmate Tihara Vargas, an Iraq war veteran, ...
Ultraviolet addiction (5/22/07)
Sun Publications Chicago - Chicago, IL, USA
Licensed clinical social worker Shelly Isenberg, cofounder of Isenberg and Associates in Naperville, said he wasn't surprised by the college student study. ...
Plural wives pull together in unity (5/21/07)
Salt Lake Tribune - Salt Lake City, UT, USA
"This is just something I do because I'm committed to it," said Merkley, a licensed clinical social worker. Merkley has led six series of sessions so far, ...
In disaster, preparedness is key (5/16/07)
Weston Town Crier - Framingham, MA, USA
Adam Lesser, LICSW, who has a private practice in Newton, teaches part time at Boston College and is a Red Cross disaster mental health volunteer. ...
How can Mom help new husband bond with her daughter? (5/16/07)
Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia, PA, USA
A stepchild’s mother and biological father play critical roles in the stepdad-stepchild relationship, says Robert Klopfer, a licensed clinical social worker ...
Casino Headed To Middleboro? (5/14/07)
Boston Channel.com - Boston, MA, USA
"I handle the casualties of gambling in my practice, and it's getting increasingly serious," said clinical social worker Louise Dery-Wells. ...
Home, but not truly back (5/14/07)
Glens Falls Post-Star - Glens Falls, NY, USA
Mary Sise, a Latham licensed clinical social worker who specializes in trauma, explained that PTSD is a physiological response in the limbic region of the ...
At 99, she still counts her blessings (5/13/07)
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth, TX, USA
She would receive a master's degree from Temple University in 1948 and a master's of social work from the University of Kansas 10 years later. ...
Symposium on Southeast Asian Mental Health Services (5/11/07)
St. Paul Asian American Press - St. Paul, MN, USA
Kathy Lytle, MSW, LICSW, panelist, was pleased that the event has grown from 30 people in its first year to over 200 in 2007. ...
Richard Spector, 58; Clinical Social Worker (5/11/07)
Washington Post - Washington, DC, USA
Richard Spector, 58, a licensed clinical social worker who specialized in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual issues, died May 4 of a heart attack in his ...
National conference on 'Social Work for Social Justice' is June 3-6 (5/02/07)
UST Bulletin Today - St. Paul, MN, USA
The School of Social Work of the College of St. Catherine and University of St. Thomas invites you to a national conference, "Social Work for Social ...
Experts attempt to map the mind of a pedophile (5/02/07)
Visalia Times-Delta - Visalia, CA, USA
Robert Weiss, a licensed clinical social worker and executive director of the Sexual Recovery Institute, said viewers of child pornography are more likely ...
Men, Who Needs Them? Part One (5/07)
WJHG-TV - Panama City, FL, USA
Claire Calohan is a Licensed Social Worker. "I think that it's options and opportunity. In the early part of the century, women really needed to be married ...
Effect of bad news on kids can be heavy (4/27/07)
Billings Gazette - Billings, MT, USA
"It's a valid response for children, especially young children, to be scared," said Terry Smith, a licensed clinical social worker at the Billings Clinic ...
Out-of-shape people can hit the ground running (4/20/07)
Baltimore Sun - Baltimore, MD, USA
Haydu, a licensed clinical social worker, was determined to run the 26 miles, 285 yards in about 5 1/2 hours. He didn't quite do that: he finished in ...
Note: Larry Haydu (an active member) did finish the Boston Marathon.
Getting through it all: Local counselors give advice on coping ... (4/19/07)
Farmington Daily Times - Farmington, NM, USA
David Johnson, president of New Horizons and a clinical social worker, wants the people of San Juan County to know that help is out there, adding grief ...
Properly dealing with anger is a critical point (4/19/07)
Daily Press - Newport News, VA, USA
"This strikes at the heart of our social fabric," said Jeff Kaye, a licensed clinical social worker and manager of Riverside Health System's Options ...
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