Clinical Social Work Practice Tools: Practice

Questions and Answers Transcript "An Overview of Ethical Dilemmas in Private Practice"

NASW receives questions from clinical social workers in private practice about managing the business of a private practice, working with insurance companies, supervision, and the use of technology. The following are the top 10 questions NASW has received during the first half of 2018.

Pain affects more Americans than diabetes, cancer,and heart disease combined and has been cited as the number one reason to seek medical care in the United States. Medications including opioids remain important resources for pain management, but therapeutic techniques utilized by clinical social workers as part of interdisciplinary approaches to pain management are also effective.

Financial social work (FSW) is a growing social work specialty that uses financial therapy as an intervention to address the emotional and behavioral components of handling finances.Clinical social workers use financial therapy to address the psychosocial challenges patients experience because of their financial circumstances.

This flyer outlines NASW resources for clinical social workers in private practice including: billing and practice related topics, advocacy, NASW Press,  specialty practice sections and more.

An Hour With Private Practice: Questions & Answers (HOPP) is a free question and answer session for NASW members. The monthly call-in sessions focus on a specific private practice subject and are led by Mirean Coleman, LICSW, Clinical Manager at NASW.