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Photography Hobby Gives Clinical Social Worker Purpose and Hope

Social Work Blog

He started taking photos and stuck with it because, “I was good at it and it gave me something to do,” said LaPensee, MSW, ACSW, LICSW, LCSW, a clinical social worker in private practice in Tampa, Fla. “I I was a young man working retail and felt I had no goal or purpose.”

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Stop Whitewashing Social Work History: Tell the Truth - Kelechi Wright, LCPC & Kortney Carr, LCSW

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Episode 49 Guests: Kelechi Wright, LCPC, LPC; Kortney Carr, LCSW, LSCSW Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW. She has expansive clinical experience in mental health with BIPOC communities. Kortney is a third-year doctoral student at the University of Kansas and a Professor of Practice in the School of Social Welfare. Kelechi [link].

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Breaking Barriers from Within

Social Work Blog

Appleton, LCSW The theme for Social Work month is descriptive and inspiring – Social Work Breaks Barriers. Appleton, LCSW specializes in couples, family, and individual therapy. Luckily, she discovered how clinical work and humor are perfect partners to advance problem solving and healing. Don’t you agree?

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Members in the News – August 11, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Robin Bilazarian is a member of NASW-NJ: It Turns Out, Washing Your Face Can Benefit Your Brain Mind Body Green As licensed clinical social worker and master EFT trainer Robin Bilazarian, LCSW, DCEP , previously told mbg , “When we are agitated or stressed out, everything about us is robbing blood to go to major muscles.”

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Members in the News – August 4, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Jennifer Kelman, LCSW, a family therapist working with JustAnswer , tells Best Life that it’s also important to put a limit on phone calls from your in-laws. Marshall, LCSW, is director of clinical services and delegate representative for the National Association of Social Workers, Washington, D.C.

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NASW Member Voices: In Search of Transgenerational Office Space

Social Work Blog

By Lorrie Appleton, LCSW I am preparing to meet a new therapy client. Appleton, LCSW specializes in couples, family, and individual therapy. Luckily, she discovered how clinical work and humor are perfect partners to advance problem solving and healing. Let’s call her Emily). As a child, Lorrie aspired to be a comedian.

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News Items – May 18, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Alyse Freda-Colon is a member of NASW-NYS: So You Just Got Ghosted—Here’s How To Deal, According To Therapists Style Caster “Getting ghosted in dating happens all the time,” says Alyse Freda-Colon, LCSW , a licensed psychotherapist and relationship coach. People ghost primarily to avoid having an uncomfortable conversation.

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