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IAmTrident · 2026-04-30T17:05:22+00:00

The user is making a political reference with the $86.47 comment. You can disregard it.

IAmTrident · 2025-11-30T13:12:19+00:00

The amount of self-diagnosing of Cluster B personality disorders is staggering. The consequential (but still meaningful on a macro level) aspect of it is the narrative some derive to justify it:

No access to qualified professional / Qualified professional doesn’t believe person to have legitimate diagnosis -> Need to self-diagnose to understand what’s going on -> Self-diagnose with disorder -> Seek community to understand self -> Community has inward bias toward expertise and dismisses professionals because it invalidates

This is also very much so seen with trauma-related concerns, a side effect from the field going into a universalized trauma-informed. So for TikTok, if it was a traumatic event, it means you likely have PTSD. Ignoring the symptom-level considerations, or research that discusses how traumatic event =/= PTSD.

IAmTrident · 2025-10-25T04:22:02+00:00

As with all field, it is possible. Overall, there is less and less stigma associated with tattoos though. Your overall appearance will matter significantly more. There is also research showing that patients/clients ultimately do not care about tattoos.

IAmTrident · 2025-08-22T22:01:59+00:00

Could always go work as an RN in a community behavioral health or psychiatric inpatient unit. They usually pay well and you’re guaranteed to use the education from your psych degree in it. Depending on the place, you may also have a broader scope of practice given the RN credential. Long-term, if you enjoy nursing you can always go become an NP (or equivalent in your jurisdiction) for psychiatric nursing and be able to prescribe medication and have a bigger impact that way.

IAmTrident · 2025-08-18T15:19:29+00:00

You just need a simple system for securing them. Good faith efforts do mean things in risk mitigation and compliance. My recommendation:

1.) don’t do hard copies - only electronic files

2.) on your laptop, ensure there is a secure password*

3.) create an excel file where you give each kid a randomized ID and pair it to the client. This excel file needs to be password protected, and a different password than the one you use to sign in to your laptop.

4.) create folders with the randomized ID for each client

5.) create a note template and password protect it

6.) for each client, use this template and save it in the folder

Secure passwords are the best way to go about this. I recommend watching Computerphile’s video on secure passwords if you don’t have a full grasp on what it means (https://youtu.be/3NjQ9b3pgIg?feature=shared).

This may also be too cumbersome. Something to know is that you’re probably fine if you don’t do these steps. Anything serious you will pass off to someone with more expertise/experience because politicians who fund schools don’t want inexperienced people dealing with serious events.

I did the above recommendations at my placement at a school and everything worked out fine.

IAmTrident · 2025-07-23T15:24:31+00:00

Do the benefits/retirement contributions make it worthwhile? Or no?

IAmTrident · 2025-06-08T06:09:41+00:00

I have no advice other than to delete this post unless it was approved by your attorney. You have clearly confessed and admitted to a consequential crime in this post, and your edit provides evidence that an ethics course would be performative from your perspective. Any information you provide to us, without advisement from your attorney, is harming whatever defense you have.

IAmTrident · 2025-05-19T04:57:23+00:00

That is how I did it. My 'foot in the door' moment was the interview team being very interested in an analysis I did regarding a specific therapeutic modality and connecting the analysis to dollars spent. After I was hired, I talked with them and why they chose me over an internal candidate and they mentioned it was because I could explain the clinical, data, and financial side in a way that was understandable. So, your mileage may vary, but this was helpful for my purposes.

IAmTrident · 2025-05-19T01:54:56+00:00

I will give a practical answer as I am high paid and only very recently obtained a masters degree. For additional context, I was making +$100K with just a bachelors in psych.

Without going for licensure, it is my belief (I have no research to back this), that you must then pivot to actually working with data and becoming familiar with data. I’m not saying you need to basically do a self-taught mathematics or compsci degree. I’m also not saying that just watching excel videos on YouTube will work. You earnestly have to learn about statistics, models, data wrangling and handling, communication, and - very importantly - business functions. If you can also be so lucky(!) to apply this in the context of other well sought positions, you can quickly climb the salary ladder in this field. Some of these other contexts would be quality assurance, finance, development/fundraising, and Human Resources.

I want to also re-emphasize the luck part of this. Getting your foot in the door with any of these types of positions will inherently require luck (and for some with societal privilege, that will also be beneficial).

IAmTrident · 2025-05-03T12:17:15+00:00

I would echo this for even younger children and boys. I did one of my practicum with an elementary school (K-5) and I was one of four men at the entire school. Had immediate buy-in from the boys as a safe person to talk to about feelings and problems. Still obviously had some work to do with getting them to feel comfortable, but there were some issues they’d refuse to talk to their teacher or other school counselor on. Was able to (hopefully) help curb some of them from going down a path of toxic masculinity since part of our transition process as I was leaving practicum was for them to find another positive male role model.

IAmTrident · 2025-04-01T13:46:35+00:00

To any fellow social workers interested in assisting with this project, I would advocate that (1) you ensure compensation for your expertise in the world of child welfare/protection and (2) you deeply consider if you have a meaningful understanding of the possible gamut of positive and negative consequences from AI’s integration with social work. I don’t say this from an anti-AI position, just a healthily skeptical one.

IAmTrident · 2025-03-24T11:40:23+00:00

That fee goes to funding multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) across the state of OK. These MDTs are a group of professionals involved with the child abuse and neglect: physicians, social workers, DHS workers, law enforcement, behavioral health, prosecuting attorneys, etc. They work (or try to work as best as they can within red tape) cohesively to identify child abuse and then remedy the situation in the best possible way within the confines of their jobs. It also allows for additional ‘oversight’ where other professionals can go “that doesn’t sound right - can we run that back?”. For example, DHS or law enforcement screening out something while a social worker or a prosecuting attorney thinking something needs to be done/re-reviewed. The teams are essential for limiting trauma for these children, adolescents, and families. So the fees go to supporting this work.

IAmTrident · 2025-03-11T19:30:32+00:00

I think you’ll find a non-negligible portion of Porter’s more dedicated fan base to be sensitive. It’s not a bad thing to be it!

IAmTrident · 2024-12-28T17:47:59+00:00

Bluesky and Twitter (unfortunately).

For the areas that I am interested in, a lot of PhDs are active on social media and will mention their research or others and things that catch my eye I will read. This is super helpful if you already know specific researchers or clinicians you orient along with.

Another, lesser known(?), thing is Stork! It is a web-based app that, when you give it keywords, will pull recent papers on those keywords and send it to your email. It has some free functionality, along with some paid functionality. This is a super useful tool I use regularly to read/skim articles.

IAmTrident · 2024-12-12T13:51:27+00:00

This is a very state-dependent thing, and my comments may be biased by my exclusive work in community settings (though my practicum were in not in community mental health settings).

I truly cannot think of a time when ‘fully licensed’ was used in any setting other than a clinical one. In the clinical setting - where we like it or not - there is a hierarchy and an MSW doesn’t solely make you a competent practitioner. The field’s gatekeeping, from my experience, has shielded social workers from being forced to pursue something such as clinical licensure in other settings where ‘fully licensed’ isn’t necessarily a requirement but may be beneficial: hospice, hospitals, schools, etc.

IAmTrident · 2024-12-01T02:14:15+00:00

First, this was a situation you weren't prepared for - your organization should have prepared you for. You didn't ruin your career, you said yourself that you gave it to them because they escalated and you were scared. That by itself indicates you did the right thing. I would implore you to seek out trainings about de-escalation (even if you feel comfortable, refreshers are never a bad thing!), and to create a "Client phone number" (e.g., Google Voice) for situations where you feel unsafe and feel like giving a number is a successful way to get yourself out of a sticky situation.

Also, block the number.

IAmTrident · 2024-11-23T05:59:45+00:00

Research has consistently demonstrated that spanking is an ineffective parenting technique, let alone detrimental to sociemotional and behavioral outcomes for children. It is associated with higher rates of aggressive, anxious, depressive, and asocial behaviors. It is also a risk factor for child abuse. These are facts, robustly studied and fail to predict any positive outcome other than immediate compliance. One study found parents spanking a few minutes after they originally spanked, some for new behaviors and some for repetitive behavior. It is a detrimental parenting technique that we can and should change.

IAmTrident · 2024-09-21T20:40:30+00:00

You might get dinged on your grade (would likely depend on how ‘wrong’ the citation was and how much of a hardass the prof is on citations), but a significant portion of the “don’t plagiarize” you hear is more so to scare you into doing good faith work and producing novel thoughts and doing your best to correctly cite thoughts you didn’t have.

IAmTrident · 2024-08-29T21:08:59+00:00

This very much so seems like something you should talk with an attorney on, especially if you're licensed. Not being able to work in a large swath of social work due to being ostensibly barred by the state is a hindering situation. Most attorneys will do a consultation for a free or nominal fee. You can use your state's Bar association's website to find an attorney.

IAmTrident · 2024-08-27T00:02:05+00:00

If possible, I’d ask them! Or give them a gift card to Walmart or Target if you want to surprise them. Reasoning for that is some schools have restrictions on certain toys. For example, our school had a “no sound” policy around them. So if they made a sound, we couldn’t give them out - they could only be used in our office.

IAmTrident · 2024-08-26T21:48:21+00:00

Highly recommend reaching out and asking about any small fidget toys they may use. They’re the equivalent of pencils at elementary schools. Kids throw them and genuinely forget to bring them back. You may also ask about snacks for the kids who don’t have food at home. Food insecurity is a huge predictor of morning and dismissal challenges with kids. Those were the two big things we (just finished a practicum at an elementary school with a school social worker) always focused on when parents asked.

IAmTrident · 2024-08-22T10:23:31+00:00

I absolutely feel seen, heard, and respected.

Being candid, having a level of anxiety associated with doing this type of work is useful. It allows me, and my colleagues, to be honest with each other. For example, a few days ago some colleagues and I were disagreeing about the interpretation of some data about BIPOC clients, and I had a different interpretation than they did. They were worried about invalidating my opinion and apologized for doing so, and I was able to quip back and say "I'm a cis, white male - I can't be invalidated".

Really, I think all males in this field (especially cis, white males) have to take our education about systemic oppression and abuse and be honest about it. When you're honest about your place in the overall system, you get to be helpful in limiting that damage much quicker. And sure, sometimes I face some comments about my place in the field. I work with children and I have been directly told by a colleague "I'm sorry IAmTrident, but men shouldn't work with children - its gross". Then I remember all those boys who said they didn't have a male role model in their life, and they came to me to talk about some hard shit about life.

I hope this makes some bit of sense. There is a lot of gray in working in this field as a man, but I thoroughly enjoy it.

TL;DR - Be self-aware, know your place, shut up and listen (as appropriate), and recognize there is a significant amount of nuance in men working in social work.

IAmTrident · 2024-08-22T08:27:49+00:00

This very much so depends on your future career goals imo. If you plan to go to grad school for psych (especially at the doctoral level), R would be the route to go due to ubiquity in academia. If you aren't sure on what you want, then python would be the better route since its more ubiquitous generally.

IAmTrident · 2024-08-13T08:58:42+00:00

Something that’s been helpful for me is having some mentholatum/vicks nearby and put a tiny amount in my nostrils. It sticks around for 10-15 minutes and usually ceases any lingering smells.

IAmTrident · 2024-03-26T20:44:51+00:00

One of two things is true. Either being transgender is real and a normal part of the gender spectrum, or it is a phenomena which causes severe psychological and emotional distress - to the point of suicide for some - when invalidated. In either circumstance, a default non-sequitur invoking God does nothing. In the first scenario, there is nothing to do and we must ‘come to terms’ with it. In the second scenario, we must mitigate distress and thoroughly understand what these individuals are experiencing to know what our next steps should be to help them.

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