For the article in the May 2019 issue of Harper's click here.
Saturday, April 27, 2019
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Gambling is a state sponsored addiction especially with state run lotteries
Gambling addiction is a big deal to the person suffering from it and the person's family and community.
Gambling addicition is a government sponsored and encouraged addiction. All but six states run lotteries (Alabama, Alaska, Hawaii, Mississippi, Nevada, Utah).
About 95% of problem gamblers play state sponsored lotteries.
10 - 15% of people buy 80% of lottery tickets.
Lotteries brought in $17.7 billion in 2015.
For more click here.
To learn where to get help with a gambling problem click here.
Saturday, April 20, 2019
How does the U.S. economy stack up compared to other countries over history?
The optimal functioning of Democracy depends on educated, well informed citizens. Most Americans are woefully ignorant or they could not have elected as incompetent a chief executive as Donald J. Trump in 2016. One of the goals of this blog is to provide information so that people are better informed of the world around them and can make better decisions about things that affect their own and the mutual welfare of humanity.
Thursday, April 18, 2019
Peer psychotherapist support meeting feedback
Supervision Feedback Sheet
Directions:
Please place a hashmark on the line which most
closely measures your degree of satisfaction with the indicator. The far left
is 0% and the far right is 100%. The middle of the line would be 50%. Complete
this feedback sheet as soon as you are able after the meeting. Bring it for
discussion at the next subsequent meeting.
Date of the
meeting_________________________________
1. I had an opportunity to talk about what I
wanted to talk about.
[__________________________________________________________________________]
0 10
2. I felt understood.
[__________________________________________________________________________]
0 10
3. I was able to clarify my thoughts and feelings
about the topics under discussion.
[__________________________________________________________________________]
0 10
4. As a result of the discussion I gained in
confidence in my own functioning.
[__________________________________________________________________________]
0
10
5. As a result of the discussion I gained in
confidence in my purpose in working with the cases and situations reviewed.
[__________________________________________________________________________]
0 10
6. I was able to generate and/or obtain new ideas
about how to proceed.
[__________________________________________________________________________]
0 10
7. As the meeting unfolded I felt I could trust
the process and be more self disclosing.
[__________________________________________________________________________]
0 10
8. The things discussed were relevant and useful.
[__________________________________________________________________________]
0 10
9. A couple of things I got out of the meeting
are:
1.
2,
10. A couple of things I would change in future
meetings to improve the experience are:
1.
2.
11. Please prioritize the benefits below from 1 =
most important to 3 = lesser importance.
____
Personal and professional support for my work.
_____
It helped me know better what to do or not to do in my work to facilitate
better outcomes.
_____
It helped me grow in my professional knowledge and skills.
_____
Other -
12. The time and effort to reflect and provide
feedback on this supervisory process is worth it.
[__________________________________________________________________________]
0 10
13. I would like the feedback process to continue
to be part of our meetings.
[__________________________________________________________________________]
0 10
14. Some questions I would like added to this
feedback sheet are:
15. Questions which can be deleted from this
feedback sheet are: (list numbers)
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
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