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How Social Workers can Use Words to Heal

Social Work Blog

Reading fiction in particular builds emotional literacy and empathy, research shows. Whether social workers use books, poetry, and writing exercises with individual clients in individual therapy, with groups of nursing home residents, or patients in a hospital setting, the possibilities are endless.

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How Social Workers Can Use Words to Heal

Social Work Blog

Reading fiction in particular builds emotional literacy and empathy, research shows. Whether social workers use books, poetry, and writing exercises with individual clients in individual therapy, with groups of nursing home residents, or patients in a hospital setting, the possibilities are endless.