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Member Voices: My Journey to Clinical Social Work

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I’d gotten into community care-based work because there’s proven research that shows Black, Native, Latinx, and general working-class populations face bias from within the Healthcare System, which included mental health care providers. Clinical Social Worker Violeta A. Moral of the story?

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How Improv theater is like therapy | NASW Member Voices

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By Marisa Markowtiz, LMSW, CASAC-T The National Institute of Mental Health defines specific phobia as an intense, irrational fear that poses little or no actual danger. Exposure therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy are evidence based practices that mental health counselors use to treat phobias.

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NASW Member Voices: Considering a career in addiction social work? Here is what you should know

Social Work Blog

Large hospital systems typically employ LMSW social workers because they have demonstrated clinical acumen and the ability to navigate practice scenarios. So why should students enter the realm of clinical social work in addiction? The same cannot be said of working in a methadone clinic.

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News Items – April 22, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Columnist Sara Weinberger: A diminishing social worker supply chain. The clinical social work supply chain is diminishing. The public is largely unaware that social workers represent the largest group of mental health providers in the nation. Anxiety and depression are impacting so many of us.

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News Items – February 2, 2023

Social Workers Speak

The purpose of this bill is to repeal and do away with licensure for social workers and many other professions in South Carolina. However, it would harm thousands of South Carolina residents who use the services of social workers each day. who also served as a community advocate.

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News Items – February 2, 2023

Social Workers Speak

The purpose of this bill is to repeal and do away with licensure for social workers and many other professions in South Carolina. However, it would harm thousands of South Carolina residents who use the services of social workers each day. who also served as a community advocate.

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

Kinlock Endowment Fund in Social Work. It is meaningful to know that my work and contributions to the LGBTQ+ community has been recognized. Last year, along with a coworker, I started a Mental Health support group for college aged Transgender students. Pahl Fellowship for Social Work Excellence.