Social Work Agency Interview
Social Worker/Agency Interview
Kathy Whitten
SCWK 530
October 3, 2012
Dr. Anna Martin-Jearld
Social Worker/Agency Interview
The Journey
I chose to interview Mark Duney from Harbor Counseling Services for my assignment. Because I had never taken public transportation before it took some research to figure out where the Gatra runs and how do I get there because, of course, it doesn’t run right out in front of my house. I walked downtown, about a half a mile, to where the Gatra stop was near Dunkin Donuts. I was not sure what I was doing and felt very nervous and anxious. I am used to just getting in my car and driving to where I need to go. I asked the driver if it went to North Plymouth near Ernie’s just to be sure that I was on the correct bus. He said yes. I put my fifty cents in and went to sit down. There were two older men on the bus. The bus had an odor to it, could not quite put my nose on it but it was not pleasant. I sat toward the front. We stopped once to let someone on, a younger woman, she seemed to know everyone on the bus so I am assuming this was the transportation she used all of the time. She said hello to me and asked me if I were new in town or a tourist. I told her that I was on an assignment for school and had to use public transportation. She laughed. The bus arrived at my destination, 340 Court Street.
The Social Worker
Mark Duney works at Harbor Counseling Services. He began the service in 1980 in a small office in Hingham. In 1982, he joined another practice group and Harbor Counseling took a hiatus for 15 years. In 1996, Harbor Counseling Associates was reborn as a small, specialized practice that has grown into a helpful, reliable, and truly “safe harbor” for their clients and their families. The theories that shape his work are psychoanalytic/psychodynamic theory, Freud, object relations theory, gestalt theory, brief therapy/problem-solving therapy, behaviorism, rational-emotive therapy, cognitive therapy, systems theory, and
Kathy Whitten
SCWK 530
October 3, 2012
Dr. Anna Martin-Jearld
Social Worker/Agency Interview
The Journey
I chose to interview Mark Duney from Harbor Counseling Services for my assignment. Because I had never taken public transportation before it took some research to figure out where the Gatra runs and how do I get there because, of course, it doesn’t run right out in front of my house. I walked downtown, about a half a mile, to where the Gatra stop was near Dunkin Donuts. I was not sure what I was doing and felt very nervous and anxious. I am used to just getting in my car and driving to where I need to go. I asked the driver if it went to North Plymouth near Ernie’s just to be sure that I was on the correct bus. He said yes. I put my fifty cents in and went to sit down. There were two older men on the bus. The bus had an odor to it, could not quite put my nose on it but it was not pleasant. I sat toward the front. We stopped once to let someone on, a younger woman, she seemed to know everyone on the bus so I am assuming this was the transportation she used all of the time. She said hello to me and asked me if I were new in town or a tourist. I told her that I was on an assignment for school and had to use public transportation. She laughed. The bus arrived at my destination, 340 Court Street.
The Social Worker
Mark Duney works at Harbor Counseling Services. He began the service in 1980 in a small office in Hingham. In 1982, he joined another practice group and Harbor Counseling took a hiatus for 15 years. In 1996, Harbor Counseling Associates was reborn as a small, specialized practice that has grown into a helpful, reliable, and truly “safe harbor” for their clients and their families. The theories that shape his work are psychoanalytic/psychodynamic theory, Freud, object relations theory, gestalt theory, brief therapy/problem-solving therapy, behaviorism, rational-emotive therapy, cognitive therapy, systems theory, and
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