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How Social Workers can Use Words to Heal

Social Work Blog

Scherlong discovered a passion for doing healing work with words when she was an MFA student with a background in creative writing and psychology. “I I was going to do this work as a visiting artist,” Scherlong explained, “and all my friends at the time were therapists and suggested that I get a social work degree.

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How Social Workers Can Use Words to Heal

Social Work Blog

Scherlong discovered a passion for doing healing work with words when she was an MFA student with a background in creative writing and psychology. “I I was going to do this work as a visiting artist,” Scherlong explained, “and all my friends at the time were therapists and suggested that I get a social work degree.

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What are the 10 Roles of Social Workers

Social Work Haven

Therapist : Clinical social workers provide therapy to individuals, couples, and families, addressing mental health and emotional challenges. This includes defending individuals’ rights and addressing issues such as poverty, mental health, domestic violence, disability rights and substance abuse.

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It’s Not “Just Poverty” – It’s UNjust Poverty

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

But this medical model – the idea that abuse and neglect always were some kind of psychological failing in the parent, became the organizing principle around efforts to fight child abuse. Because they can afford to pay the therapist – or they have health insurance. Oh, says the Scooby gang, but there’s also domestic violence.

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2024, part two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

In New York, thanks to a class-action lawsuit , its illegal to tear children from their homes and throw them into foster care just because they witnessed domestic violence typically a husband or boyfriend beating the childs mother. So now theres another lawsuit. The coalition has signed on to support the bill.)