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Member Voices: Be Wary of Mental Health ‘Experts’ on Social Media

Social Work Blog

Monteiro, LCSW The past two years were filled with fear and uncertainty, exacerbating a mental health crisis with an increase in anxiety, depression, suicide rates, and substance abuse. I have a master’s degree in Social Work and am a Licensed Certified Social Worker (LCSW). By Carla B.

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Social Work Can Play a Critical Role in Pain Management

Social Work Blog

Kljajic, LCSW, is director of coaching and therapy at Lucid Lane, a company that specializes in medication taper management and support. It’s important to take a mindful approach to treatment since such people may offer resistance from the stigma they face having an “invisible” illness or being mislabeled an addict, she says.

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Fundamentals of Emotional Freedom Technique

University of Connecticut

Catherine Ewing, LCSW, MDiv Friday, March 3, 2023 In-Person 9:30 am – 1:30 pm 4 CECs $80 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors $100 – All Others Room location and directions will be included in your confirmation email. When that energy system is disrupted, a person experiences mental, emotional, or physical imbalance.

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Fundamentals of Emotional Freedom Technique

University of Connecticut

Catherine Ewing, LCSW, MDiv. EFT has application across a broad range of issues, including stress and anxiety related disorders, PTSD, physical pain, self-sabotage, cravings and addictions and performance. Monday, Feb 27. 10 am – 12 pm (ET). 40 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors. $50 50 – All Others.

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News Items – May 25, 2023

Social Workers Speak

News Items – May 25, 2023 Carmen Reese Foster is a member of NASW-TN: Lack of empathy: Growing anxiety and depression follows wave of activism for Black social workers Milwaukee Independent Since the 2020 racial reckoning, social workers have prided ourselves on working to eliminate social justice disparities. “One is the substance.

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News Items – May 25, 2023

Social Workers Speak

News Items – May 25, 2023 Carmen Reese Foster is a member of NASW-TN: Lack of empathy: Growing anxiety and depression follows wave of activism for Black social workers Milwaukee Independent Since the 2020 racial reckoning, social workers have prided ourselves on working to eliminate social justice disparities. “One is the substance.

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Members in the News – June 29, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Yahoo Brent Metcalf , a licensed clinical social worker specializing in alcohol and drug addiction counseling , specifies that parents should talk to their children about substance abuse no later than age 9, because that’s the age some kids are introduced to alcohol and drugs. Anxiety is in a lot of ways a healthy emotion.