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NASW Member Voices: ADHD and Mindfulness

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Sarah McConkey, LCSW, specializes in ADHD and finds that mindfulness has been shown to be risky for survivors of sexual assault and other clients with complicated trauma histories. Bertin explains that social workers use elements of DBT that seem to be especially effective in helping clients with ADHD.

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NASW Member Voices: In Search of Transgenerational Office Space

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By Lorrie Appleton, LCSW I am preparing to meet a new therapy client. We face each other and enter into a verbal dance I like to refer to as the “Acronym Tango,” (IFS, CBT, DBT, EMDR, EFT, cha-cha-cha). Appleton, LCSW specializes in couples, family, and individual therapy. Let’s call her Emily). But I digress.

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