“Whatever the situation may be, the influx of people with a variety of traditions, values, and skills and expectations is also associated with implications for services, from individuals’ psycho-social adjustment to public policies and regulations.”
“Since 2007, when we had that big economic crash –it was really a crisis –things have gotten much harder. And I’ve been hearing my students, I’ve been hearing practitioners who I know in the field, talk about changes in the workplace. And they say...
"My objection, my concern, is with some rigid protocols, where people feel like they have to practice in a very specific way, and almost a time-organized practice, which I don’t think really takes into account what is going on with the client at the...
"People with mental illness are not at higher risk for being assaultive in general. The situations that I am talking about right now are people who are in psychiatric inpatient settings, and so it can seem that people with mental illness are just a...
“It is a practice in which an entrepreneurial individual -so that is somebody who behaves in a business-like way and undertakes new opportunities –either an individual or a group of individuals working together sets out to solve some social sector...
“We realized that they do not come forward because there are no services available, and nobody will listen to them, and they feel very helpless. I think that this is a very important issue, and that it affects all people, all family members.”
“Language is really important, especially in this context. Not only do our words have power, but it also reflects how we interact with one another.”
“I would think of gamer affirmative therapy more of a stance, kind of like cultural competency, rather than a specific treatment modality.”
Lesley Barraball & Carlos Neves In 2013, two agencies (Kidslink, a children’s mental health provider, and Mosaic Counseling, which offered a variety of services to children, men, and women) merged to form Carizon Family and Community Services...
Chandran Chetan In this episode, Chandran Chetan continues our previous discussion of India’s “invisible maids” and the human trafficking that is fostered by the demand for these workers. Here, our guest describes how the National...