One of the more interesting and challenging things about Social Work as an academic pursuit is the way in which it mixes analytical and affective/emotional dimensions together.  It’s been particularly hard for me this semester to let go of the normal mind-body bifurcation I bring into a classroom.  Blame it on culture, upbringing, masculinity, philosophical training.  It’s been an enlightening thing to at least in part take off my shoulders.

It all comes back to working with people, the social part of the profession.  One must have self knowledge to work well with others.  I’ll have a lot more to say about that later.

Onward with more work (the DSM indexes suck).