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- Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) - Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP).
Professional social work practice is services and actions performed for compensation to effect changes in human behavior, a person's emotional responses, interpersonal relationships, and the social conditions of individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities. For the purpose of this definition, the practice of professional social work is guided by special knowledge, acquired through formal professional social work education, of social welfare policies and services, social welfare systems and resources, human development and behavior within the context of the social environment, and methods to enhance the functioning of individuals, families, groups, communities, and social welfare organizations. Professional social work practice involves the disciplined application of social work values, principles, and methods, including psychotherapy, marriage and family therapy, couples therapy, group therapy, counseling, assessment, and evaluation.
