By Andrea Mathews — 2016
Everyone we know wants us to let it go. But it seems impossible to the person holding on. So, what does it mean to let go?
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I believe that social workers need to focus on that which we are trained to do: extend civic love and compassion to the client, staring where he or she is. We are not wed to the medical model; social work is ecological, psychosocial, and systems oriented.
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