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Social Services Insanity

Another meeting with social workers and I just want to scream.  The comments that are made about clients make me wonder how they ever survive the "help" provided by some social service providers.

Depression, Helplessness, Hopelessness and External Locus of Control

Having an "External Locus of Control" can lead to feelings of helplessness, hopelessness and depression, yet this is rarely mentioned when we talk about depression and its treatment.  What is an External Locus of Control and how can it contribute to feelings of depression? 

On Helping Others: "Give a Man a Fish..."

"...and he eats for a day.  Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime."

  Sometimes, those of us working in the helping fields forget this.  A client pulls our heartstrings and we jump in to "save" them.  Now please don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that helping people is wrong.  It's not.  But there's a way to help people that is for them.  And there is a way to help people that is more about you.  It's important to know the difference.

A Case Comparison of Antidepressant Administration to Two Grieving Clients

A few years ago I was simultaneously working with two middle aged men whose wives had left them.  Both of them were completely devastated by the loss of their marriage and family.  Both of them showed serious signs of grieving.  Both of them went to their doctors, were diagnosed with "depression" and placed on medication.  It was interesting to see side by side two different ways this could play out.  For one client this was a major factor in his process of healing while for the other it significally complicated the grieving process.  What was the difference?