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NASW Member Voices: ?Social Work Mentorship Honors the Wisdom Within Our Profession

Social Work Blog

N: In my first job at the State Hospital in Illinois, the agency director and my supervisor took me under their wing and taught me many things, including how to conduct a social history, interviews with patients, and how to lead group therapy. They helped me understand the system and my role in it.

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How To Take a Trauma-Informed Approach to Birth Trauma

Relias

Birth trauma is an adverse psychological reaction following pregnancy or childbirth similar to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Also labeled as postpartum PTSD or postnatal PTSD, birth trauma can occur for several reasons. What is birth trauma?

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Continuing Care After Addiction Treatment in Chicago

Gateway Foundation

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects anywhere from 14% to 60% of those with SUD, and the two disorders often feed into each other. Motivational Interviewing. When you find your energy flagging, adding motivational interviewing to your continuing care plan can help you rediscover your drive. Mutual Support Groups.

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Celebrating support workers

Social Care

I attended the interview and was shown around the unit. Interestingly, one of the service users was also on the interview panel, asking me questions and giving me advice. When I was growing up, a member of my family suffered very bad anxiety, depression and post -traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). I agreed and never looked back.

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BSW & MSW Scholarship Recipients 2022-2023

University of Connecticut

My current internship has provided me with so many opportunities to meet with community partners, learn how to use anticipatory empathy, and practice motivational interviewing. My goal for my final year is to do a clinical internship working with children.

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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

In Part Two of this series, an interview with Barbara Bedney, PhD, MSW—NASW Chief of Programs and Principal Investigator (PI) on this CDC-funded grant, Engaging Social Workers in Boosting COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake. To read Part One, follow this link. In 2021, Holmes found that the prevalence rate of 26.2%

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

Many were here with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, so common following participation in armed conflict and in some cases, the result of physical or sexual abuse. Almost no interviews, despite the pile of applications. These too were veterans, but of a different sort of war. I’d always had a job, no matter how lowly.