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How Improv theater is like therapy | NASW Member Voices

Social Work Blog

By Marisa Markowtiz, LMSW, CASAC-T The National Institute of Mental Health defines specific phobia as an intense, irrational fear that poses little or no actual danger. There’s a term in clinical social work called “meeting the clients where they’re at.” Laughter is the best medicine.

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Social Work on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Part Two)

Social Work Blog

Approximately 40 Ambassadors , recruited from NASW Specialty Practice Section (SPS) member ranks, amplified the initiative’s messaging to their audiences; and, three Sister Social Work Organizations engaged in communications campaigns that augmented messaging. Clinical Social Work Journal, 49, 495-504.

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Scholarship Recipients 2022

University of Connecticut

It also provides motivating recognition that the hard work and long hours I have committed to myself, this program, and my future clients, have not gone unnoticed. I am extremely fortunate to continue my education at the UConn School of Social Work, with plans for a career in clinical social work, because of generous donors like you.