MSW STUDENTS IN PRIVATE-PRACTICE - CONFLICTS AND CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL-WORK EDUCATION

The increasing number of MSW students engaged in private psychotherapy practice concurrent with their graduate studies has received little a ttention in literature on social work education. This article examines the educational, ethical, and legal dilemmas effected by this trend, and describes the policy developed at the University of Denver to addr ess these problems. More broadly, it argues that schools of social wor k in general have a legitimate interest in adopting policies to prohib it or discourage MSW students from conducting private practice.