Sydney Adams, LCSW

When the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of changing, you will change.
*Practice of Clinical Social Work

A specialty within the practice of social work that requires the application of social work theory, knowledge, methods, ethics, and
the professional use of self to restore or enhance social, psychosocial, or biopsychosocial functioning of individuals, couples,
families, groups, and/or persons who are adversely affected by social or psychosocial stress or health impairment.

The practice of Clinical Social Work requires the application of specialized clinical knowledge and advanced clinical skills in the
areas of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders, conditions and addictions,
including severe mental illness in adults and serious emotional disturbances in children.

Treatment methods include the provision of individual, marital, couple, family, and group therapy and psychotherapy. Clinical
social workers are qualified to use the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), the International Classification
of Diseases (ICD), and other diagnostic classification systems in assessment, diagnosis, and other activities. The practice of
Clinical Social Work may include independent clinical practice and the provision of clinical supervision.

*From the Texas Department of Health Services
What is clinical social work?
3411 Cedar Knolls
Suite E
Kingwood, Texas
77339

Office Phone:
281-608-1346
Fax: 832-426-1648

Email:
sadamslcsw@yahoo.com