Social Work Blog

JANUARY 18, 2023

Donawa, LMSW. Violeta Donawa, LMSW. One might wonder, why and how I shifted from community care-based healing work to becoming a Clinical Social Worker and Psychotherapist. I had not imagined myself studying SUD, and hadn’t considered addiction a social justice issue. Clinical Social Worker Violeta A.

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Clinical Social Work Clinic LMSW Self-harm 90

Social Work Blog

JUNE 1, 2022

By Marisa Markowitz, LMSW, CASAC-T. When students leave the halls of academia and decide to venture on their first social work job, there is trepidation. Students must decide what type of social worker they want to become, and where they would like to work. Getty Images. Will I be able to cut it?

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Addiction Clinic LMSW Social Worker 92

Social Work Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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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Therapist LMSW Clinical Social Work Mental Health 111

Social Work Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Yet questions linger about the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on individuals, families, society, and social workers. Social workers, like most helping professionals, were called upon during the pandemic to help individuals and families to make informed decisions about COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.

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Interventional Communication Social Worker Mental Health 52

University of Connecticut

MARCH 28, 2022

Mary Borecki Buck is an UConn School of Social Work alumna committed to supporting the education of future generations of social workers. This scholarship, created by Mary and her late husband, Raymond, will provide financial support to a student enrolled in the Bachelor of Social Work program.

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