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NASW Member Voices: ADHD and Mindfulness

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A study from Psychiatry International found possible benefits of mindfulness to help with self-compassion, quality of life, well being, depression, and anxiety. 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.

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News Items – February 2, 2023

Social Workers Speak

When both are adults, it’s time to change the way they relate and communicate. Ken Howard, LCSW, CST, the founder and executive director of GayTherapyLA , devoted a blog post to gay gym crushes in 2021. Many depressed and anxious persons instinctively hide their symptoms as high-functioning or productive.”

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Members in the News – August 18, 2023

Social Workers Speak

Tracy Ross is a member of NASW-NYC: 7 Sneaky Signs Of Resentment In Relationships HuffPost “Pay attention to shifts in communication and in how you express yourselves and react to one another,” said Tracy Ross , a licensed clinical social worker specialising in couples and family therapy. “Is Katey Doyle is a member of NASW-VT: Vt.

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News Items – December 1, 2022

Social Workers Speak

As relationship therapist Ken Page, LCSW , explains, with an ambivalent resistant attachment style, children become upset and/or emotional when their caregiver isn’t present, including feeling intense anger or anxiety. Sean Barnett, LCSW , is a therapist who has used psychedelic integration with his patients. Therapists Explain.

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News Items – February 2, 2023

Social Workers Speak

When both are adults, it’s time to change the way they relate and communicate. Ken Howard, LCSW, CST, the founder and executive director of GayTherapyLA , devoted a blog post to gay gym crushes in 2021. Many depressed and anxious persons instinctively hide their symptoms as high-functioning or productive.”

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News Items – October 14, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Nealy, BA, MDiv, LCSW, PhD , died peacefully at his home in West Hartford, Connecticut after a difficult 18-month journey with cancer. Based on his experiences as a therapist and former deputy executive director of New York City’s LGBT Community Center, and himself a trans man, Reverend Dr. . The New York Times.

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Meet the Author: SaraKay Smullens explains why Second Edition of Burnout and Self-Care in Social Work was desperately needed

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I did my best, through clear explanation and case examples, to communicate in a way that those in other professions could find also find knowledge, insight and direction and transpose this information to their specific, diverse professions. Also, we surely were not the only profession experiencing the overload of burnout.