Stress of Self-Awareness in Clinical Practice: Are Students Prepared?

Statements imilar to the preceding can be found throughout the literature on social work education. The educational process can be stress-producing, and much of this stress relates to the self-awareness which occurs when students begin clinical work. However, little has been written on the role of schools of social work in facilitating and helping students to cope with this sometimes stressful process and in using it positively and constructively.