Video of me Ideating/Discussing my PCN Development Process Yesterday
Watch on #Periscope: Discussing my PCN Development/Ideating https://www.pscp.tv/w/cpbAmTFQWEVkQmJ6WmJyS2V8MWdxR3ZvbWVCUHFKQmZicP4rE2LD27Cg1iqyP29wUqQJknZp0jVl3Z5oMy5w
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Episode 9: Solution Focused Brief Therapy Everything & Everywhere
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339411/6610129-episode-9-solution-focused-brief-therapy-everything-everywhere.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-6610129&player=small Episode 9: Solution Focused Brief Therapy Everything & Everywhere Welcome everyone! I hope that everyone’s had a restful week wherever you’re listening from. Two weekends ago the Solution Focused Brief Therapy Association, of which I am a member (and sit on their Diversity and Programming Committees) pulled off an amazing feat: the SFBTA…
A Different Kind of Open Letter to the Board
Image from David Goldberg and I had an incredibly productive discussion on Thursday. It lasted an hour and ten minutes. It was filled with nothing but mutual respect and listening. I shared with David that I would prefer to work transparently than to address the board privately. David shared that he could respect that,…
An Open Letter to the Board of TBZ (Temple Beth Zion)
To The Board, I am struggling right now, and I feel that I must share that struggle with the Board, and I ask that the Board respectfully share in that struggle with me by not skimming this email but finding the time to read it in its entirety. Please know this is written M’kol…
Inclusion and Equity through Universal Design vs. Ableism and Inequality Through Accommodations
I am a certified ESL teacher. I set up the IDF Ground Forces Command’s first-ever English as a Second Language instruction and evaluation program (which I ran until I left the Foreign Relations Branch for my final position in the Foreign Training Division). Within that position, I finished as a commander, and as the…
A Solution Focused Brief Therapy Note (Update to the Update)
This is an updated entry from my previous discussions on the topic, which can be found here, and here. The genesis of this is that I was discussing at with a friend and colleague, former professor, mentor, and one of the people who got me started on my path to be a Solution Focused…
Episode 8: Welcome back to the show the re-re-reboot & a Lesson on Validation & Changing Language!
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1339411/5834743-episode-8-welcome-back-to-the-show-the-re-re-reboot-a-lesson-on-validation-changing-language.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-5834743&player=small Transcript: So it turns out that two things happened: FIRST, someone else was using my initials…two someone else’s…a television show (we can’t get mad at them for having that as a call sign)…but, sadly, also a hate group (BOO!). So the name got he show has been changed to The Solution Focused Podcast!…
No One on my Account
Matthew L. SchwartzLiturgist No one on my account…I tear my clothes into shreds, throw ashes on my head, wear sack cloth…I beg:plead:ask you to intercede. Repentance, Prayer, Charity…these temper your severe decree as today the Shofar blasts have your hosts trembling before you in dread. No one on my account…I forgive…I forgive…I forgive…may none…
I am Now a Certified Financial Social Worker
I am incredibly proud to share that I have passed the Certified Financial Social Worker (CFSW) course and exam from the Center for Financial Social Work! I am so incredibly excited to bring what I have learned into both my practice, and my doctoral research!
A Swift Journey Across The Rainbow Bridge
It is with the heaviest of hearts that I share that Akiva passed away last night. She didn’t let on that anything was wrong. Cuddly and playful to the end. She spent her final night resting and loving us all, before taking her final resting spot in her favorite space under my bed on…