Social Workers Speak

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Erickson decided to create the film “Visceral” to show how expressive art can help people cope with trauma and emotional and physical pain. The process of singing alone is incredibly profound. When you do them together it’s even more powerful.”. Amy Erickson.

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 22, 2024

Participants will receive handouts of decision trees to take with them.

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Bipolar Bandit

AUGUST 18, 2021

The Art of Playing for Good Mental Health. What is the Art of Playing? We should all be more like him, never losing the art of playing to give us good mental health. What is the Art of Playing? This is all part of the art of play, don’t think of it as wasting time; you are not. Have you forgotten how to play?

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Michigan Social Work

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The project was chosen by the U-M Arts Initiative, which supports the connection between teaching and the arts at U-M. The project uses Forum Theatre to provide social work students with concrete strategies on how to successfully engage in difficult conversations and challenging dialogues.

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The New Social Worker

MAY 24, 2023

When we meet a client or patient we are working with for the first time, we often subconsciously make judgments or assumptions. Admitting this is an important place to start.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

DECEMBER 20, 2022

In Today’s episode, Saul talks to Nancy Mellon on the power of storytelling as a healing art. Teacher, artist, storyteller and psychotherapist, Nancy has specialized in healing through the arts for 30 years, teaching widely in the US and abroad.

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Famcare

JUNE 15, 2022

Most people think social workers are like high school friends that are willing to help in any way they can. They are willing to listen to your problems then try to think up some way to help you out. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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CAPC

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The benefits of working with a music therapist and art therapist, including evidence-based symptom management and other outcomes.

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The Guardian

MARCH 3, 2024

Proposals to reduce funding for services from bin collections to social care, arts and libraries leave many worried for the future It wasn’t long ago that the people of Birmingham were being told the city was on the brink of a “golden decade”, with record levels of investment off the back of events including the Commonwealth Games and the arrival of (..)

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Nnatasha Tracy

APRIL 5, 2024

I hope you enjoy this Natasha Tracy bipolar book title and cover art reveal. I told you a new book on bipolar disorder was coming. I've been working on it for months, and while it's not here yet, the title and cover are here.

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The Critical Blog

JULY 3, 2023

Imagine if no one properly answered your questions. Picture not having your opinions fully taken onboard. Visualise no one acknowledging your comments, laughing at your jokes, or listening to you. Consider being rarely understood. Sounds lonely and frustrating?

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University of Connecticut

JANUARY 11, 2023

Jennifer Berton, PhD, LICSW, CADC-II. Thurs, Feb 16, 2023. 10 am – 12 pm (ET). 40 – UConn SSW Alumni and Current Field Instructors. $50 50 – All Others. Webinar link will be emailed when your registration is complete.

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The New Social Worker

OCTOBER 5, 2022

COVID lockdown forced many social workers to integrate telehealth into their practice, but not much has been written about the mechanics. Here are tips to help you with familiar and unfamiliar platforms, plus the nuts and bolts of needed hardware.

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The New Social Worker

AUGUST 17, 2022

CODA, a film about a deaf family, is a portrait of the universality of the hopes, dreams, and challenges all families share, as well as a demonstration of what unabashed love is.

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

JANUARY 19, 2020

Part 1 and Part 2 teach: Summary • There are endless things you can do with art therapy to: • Express emotions • Enhance mindfulness and self-awareness • Increase happiness • Improve interpersonal communication • Enhance fine and gross motor skills • Develop self-esteem • Teach teamwork Part 1 and Part 2 teach: Summary • There are endless things you (..)

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Counselor Toolbox podcast

JANUARY 19, 2020

Both parts cover: Summary • There are endless things you can do with art therapy to: • Express emotions • Enhance mindfulness and self-awareness • Increase happiness • Improve interpersonal communication • Enhance fine and gross motor skills • Develop self-esteem • Teach teamwork This is part 2.

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Michigan Social Work

JANUARY 23, 2024

The University of Michigan School of Social Work, in collaboration with the U-M Arts Initiative, proudly announces the selection of the Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE) as the featured artist residency for 2024. The intersection of social work, social justice and the arts is a vibrant and impactful area of study.

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Beautiful Voyager

JUNE 14, 2023

I learned about Richard when he emailed to ask if he could share a piece about mental health and martial arts on Bevoya.com. I love how he describes it in this interview as a “weird feeling” that he treated for years only with martial arts. Or how it can be difficult to fear being judged when practicing martial arts.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Crisitello was an elementary school art teacher who was terminated by her employer, a Catholic elementary school, after she became pregnant while unmarried.

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Community Care

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Think about writing children’s books ( My social worker ; My foster mum ) and find local authors and illustrators or approach art/literature university departments for their help. Think about taking part in high profile documentary (fly-on-the-wall) programmes.

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Gary Direnfeld

JULY 5, 2023

Mom encouraged art. This lad went on to establish a career in art. He had a good pencil grip, quite extraordinary for a lad his age. Dad sought to squash it. Mom had little sway. Years passed. Distance between father and son grew. It was clear this boy wasn’t destined for the NHL. With that the lad was happy. He reached out.

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Social Work Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

He also practices Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and has taught a martial arts training course for kids. Tolman went back to school at age 37 to earn his MSW and said he became interested in mixed martial arts after watching matches on TV. “I

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Social Work Discoveries

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Today, Neil and I explore his research work with a street art project in the Blue Mountains (one hour’s drive west of Sydney, Australia). We heard from Neil last episode for the 1 year anniversary of the podcast, and we are very happy to have him back on the podcast for today’s social work research discussion.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 4, 2024

Excitingly, this suggests that the crucial skill of ‘Theory of Mind’ could be encouraged by and therefore may flourish if we engage with any art whether it’s literature, theatre, visual art, comedy or something else. Not all of us enjoy reading lengthy tombs or have the time and some of us prefer visual art of storytelling.

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Michigan Social Work

MARCH 7, 2023

Allen-Meares has a long history of using the arts as an avenue to advance social work. During her tenure at the School of Social Work, she established the School’s groundbreaking and influential art collection.

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Community Care

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Her research focuses on helping children and adults keep safe in a digital world Dr Sarah Carlick is a digital safeguarding consultant whose work focuses on how organisations can use tech for good, through co-design with children and young people References Carlick, S (2018) Creative art-based technologies for interagency working together for safeguarding (..)

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Psychological Health Care

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Expression of Creativity: Art supplies or DIY creative kits can provide an outlet for self-expression. Art Supplies: Provide art supplies like sketchbooks, coloured pencils or watercolour paints. These gifts encourage being present in the moment, reducing stress and anxiety.

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CAPC

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

How connection and compassion can heal us after experiencing mounting loss and unprocessed grief.

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MQ Mental Health

MARCH 4, 2024

Excitingly, this suggests that the crucial skill of ‘Theory of Mind’ could be encouraged by and therefore may flourish if we engage with any art whether it’s literature, theatre, visual art, comedy or something else. Not all of us enjoy reading lengthy tombs or have the time and some of us prefer visual art of storytelling.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In Today’s episode, Saul and Joe talk with Dr. Lydia.S. Dr. Dugdale is the Director of the Center for Clinical Continue Reading.

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inSocialWork

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Candace Christensen, PhD, MSW , (they/them) conducts research that consists of a critical feminist approach to community-engaged, qualitative and arts-based research methodologies that prevent and respond to gendered, racial and anti-LGBTQ+ violence.

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Social Work Blog

AUGUST 25, 2023

Crisitello was an elementary school art teacher who was terminated by her employer, a Catholic elementary school, after she became pregnant while unmarried.

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Social Care

MARCH 15, 2023

For a third year, Carers Trust has also been working with Create Arts , funding four carers services during February half term to deliver creative projects with young carers, giving them time away from their caring responsibilities.

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The Vintage Social Worker

JANUARY 23, 2021

A question that has always bothered me but that I have not really crystallised until recent years is the one that asks is social work an art or a science. I recently reread, not every word I admit, Hugh England’s book “Social Work as Art” (1987 pub. Is this where the arts in all forms come in? Eric Sedge.

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Social Work Blog

MARCH 25, 2024

It highlights the often-overlooked roles that women have played in various fields, including politics, science, literature, arts, and more. Women’s History Month offers a dedicated time to recognize and celebrate the contributions and achievements of women throughout history and in contemporary society.

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Michigan Social Work

JUNE 29, 2022

“The Right View” is the centerpiece of the School’s original art collection. . It’s abstract art that doesn’t have answers but compels questions and gets your attention, and that’s a really good intent: it gets students able to sit with ambiguity.” Nothing fits, but it does. What do we take from that?

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Michigan Social Work

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Through the use of storytelling and the arts, we look forward to gaining a better understanding of how refugee youth across Washtenaw County navigate the resettlement process, which can often be quite overwhelming,” said Cureton.

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