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Alumni Spotlight: Jelan Agnew, LCSW

University of Connecticut

Headshot of Jelan Agnew, LCSW , Name, Profession Title and Employer, SSW Class & Concentration. Jelan Agnew, LCSW, fo under of Nalej of Self, LLC. Jelan Agnew, LCSW is a 2022 Hartford Business Journal Top 40 Under Forty Honoree, highly rated TEDx Speaker and Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

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NASW Member Voices: ADHD and Mindfulness

Social Work Blog

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

Social Work Blog

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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News Items – March 30, 2023

Social Workers Speak

It’s important that your friendships feel warm and fun, according to relationship expert Ken Page, LCSW , because that fun and playful aspect creates feelings of belonging and safety. That may seem obvious, but you’d be surprised how many people don’t actually realize they feel bad around certain people.

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News Items – March 30, 2023

Social Workers Speak

It’s important that your friendships feel warm and fun, according to relationship expert Ken Page, LCSW , because that fun and playful aspect creates feelings of belonging and safety. That may seem obvious, but you’d be surprised how many people don’t actually realize they feel bad around certain people.

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