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Member Voices: My Journey to Clinical Social Work

Social Work Blog

One might wonder, why and how I shifted from community care-based healing work to becoming a Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist. I had not imagined myself studying SUD, and hadn’t considered addiction a social justice issue. Clinical Social Worker Violeta A. But for many of us, this was culture.

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Board Member’s Career Trajectory Changed During Internship

Social Work Blog

“When I started an MSW program at Boston College, my plan was to work in HIV/AIDS, with the immigrant population here in Boston or maybe to go back to Ethiopia,” he says. “I He has more than 16 years of clinical, supervisory, and administrative experience as a licensed clinical social worker in Massachusetts and Connecticut.

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NASW Press Reads for Economic Justice and Financial Management

Social Work Blog

Starting with a discussion of poverty and relevant global social policies, Empowering Clinical Social Work Practice in a Time of Global Economic Distress explores how economic distress exacerbates already stressful situations, and how those challenges surface in clinical practice.

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NASW Press Reads for Economic Justice and Financial Management

Social Work Blog

Starting with a discussion of poverty and relevant global social policies, Empowering Clinical Social Work Practice in a Time of Global Economic Distress explores how economic distress exacerbates already stressful situations, and how those challenges surface in clinical practice.

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NASW Press Reads for Economic Justice and Financial Management

Social Work Blog

Starting with a discussion of poverty and relevant global social policies, Empowering Clinical Social Work Practice in a Time of Global Economic Distress explores how economic distress exacerbates already stressful situations, and how those challenges surface in clinical practice.

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Celebrate Black History Month with NASW Press—20% Off Select NASW Press Books and eBooks!

Social Work Blog

Across multiple disciplines, women have built and maintained organizations, created social justice movements, governed with compassion, and brought order where there was once chaos. The book includes a historical, global overview of women in social work, political, social justice, and other leadership positions. .

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The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Transitions to 988

Social Work Blog

Vibrant Emotional Health, who is the current administrator of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, believes that this change will help increase accessibility to these much-needed services. Senior Practice Associate, Clinical Social Work. Initially, introduced in the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act (H.R.