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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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News Items – July 8, 2022

Social Workers Speak

June is PTSD Awareness Month. Chante Meadows – owner and clinical director of Meadows Counseling Group – talks about the link between various traumas in someone’s life and a potential mental illness or substance use. She specializes in treating trauma and PTSD. She will succeed Mildred “Mit” Joyner, DPS, MSW, LCSW.

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The Impact of Collective Trauma and How Behavioral Health Organizations Can Help

Relias

Leia Salzman, PhD, LCSW, from the Tulane University School of Social Work, describes collective trauma as “an event, or series of events that shatters the experience of safety for a group, or groups, of people.” Collective trauma occurs when this type of event happens to an entire community.

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News Items – April 1, 2022

Social Workers Speak

She says Vermont lacks the wraparound care– nutrition, therapy and counseling– provided by inpatient and residential eating disorder treatment centers. Dawn Cooperstein is a member: Navigating Intimate Relationships with Complex PTSD. And that’s a lot of work for someone who is not at their best.” Rebellious.

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News Items – October 27, 2022

Social Workers Speak

Whether you’re feeling the strain round the clock or just every now and then, Hartford HealthCare’s Emily Lynch, LCSW , has advice. Claire Lerner, LCSW, a child development and parenting expert , told Newsweek that Emma is correct in that there is nothing wrong with a mother breastfeeding her 2-year-old.

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

I plan to pursue a career in social justice which includes advocating and counseling young girls and women who have experienced injustices and trauma. My goal one day is to travel to different countries to support these women with counseling and proper education, and through this, hopefully, to write a book based on my experiences.

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BSW & MSW Scholarship Recipients 2022-2023

University of Connecticut

Scholarship Fund This scholarship is awarded to a student currently conducting their field placement at the UConn Counseling & Mental Health Services. My professional goals are to obtain my LMSW and LCSW while continuing to support marginalized communities. After graduation, I plan to receive my LMSW, and eventually my LCSW.