Social Work Podcast: Becoming a Clinical Social Worker with Dr. Danna Bodenheimer

An essential conversation between two social workers

"Clinical social work is all about making the unsayable sayable."

      - Dr. Danna Bodenheimer

     Jonathan Singer of the Social Work Podcast interviewed Dr. Danna Bodenheimer, author of Real World Clinical Social Work: Find Your Voice and Find Your Way. They discussed becoming a clinical social worker, what clinical social work is, fears of new (and all) clinical social workers, money, and more.

     Jonathan Singer said of this episode of the podcast:

"Clinical social workers will give Danna a high five for so eloquently describing the essence of the clinical social work relationship. Students will jump light years ahead in their understanding of what it takes to become a clinical social worker. Everyone else will get a good sense of the dedication that Danna brings to her work and her writing.

Danna and I talk about what makes a social worker a clinical social worker, what distinguishes a good from a bad clinical social worker, the one essential thing that all social workers bring to supervision, and the role of narcissism, observing ego, transference, counter-transference, and the real relationship in clinical social work. We end with a discussion of money and how social workers need to earn enough so they can be present with their clients."

     This is a truly phenomenal conversation between two social workers.  A must-listen, really!

     Dr. Bodenheimer's book is available in print and Kindle editions: