Summary: Implications For Future Practice

Implications for Future Practice Completing this case analysis and working with Neveah has provided numerous lessons that will impact my future social work career. From this case, I have gained experience in working with ethnic minorities who have a history of oppression as well as religion as it relates to the client’s mental health. In my future work with ethnic minorities, I will consider how their heritage and history of oppression impacts their perception of the world and themselves. Additionally, I will be mindful regarding my status and how this particularly impacts client’s facing oppression. In this case, I have been challenged to confront my biases and to recognize how an individual’s religious beliefs impact mental health treatment. In the future, I will have insight into collaborating with religious institutions and adapting treatment to meet the client’s beliefs. To best serve my future clients it would be beneficial to be familiar with other religions and their beliefs about mental health treatment. …show more content…
Through supervision, trainings, and independent research, I will continue developing my clinical skills. More specifically, learning more about working with resistant clients, family conflict, and trauma would improve my performance in the field of social work. I plan to continue my pursuit of training in Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), which is an empirically supported trauma intervention. Lastly, I will pursue state and clinical licensure, which requires a standard yearly amount of