The Profession of Clinical Social Work
A CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER is a mental health professional with training in the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of emotional disorders and mental illness. Clinical social workers are skilled in helping with problems of living and facilitating personal growth and development. Professional services can be provided in the context of individual, family, marital, and group psychotherapy and in consultation and education within private and public organizations.
Clinical social workers specialize in, but are not limited to, addressing such individual, interpersonal and social problems as:
- Depression and anxiety
- Developmental problems
- Drug and alcohol dependence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
Professional clinicians work with a broad range of populations including children, adolescents, adults and older adults in all socioeconomic and racial populations. Clinical social workers provide about 55% of all therapy in the mental health field.
Important links
NC Social Work Certification and Licensure Board http://www.ncswboard.org
American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work http://www.abecsw.org
Clinical Social Work Association http://www.clinicalsocialworkassociation.org
NASW-NC http://www.naswnc.org
NC Psychoanalytic Foundation http://www.ncpsychoanalysis.org
American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work http://www.aapcsw.org
NC Association for Marriage and Family Therapy http://www.ncamft.org
Center for Clinical Social Work http://www.centercsw.org
NC Legislature http://www.ncleg.net