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What Makes Someone a Social Worker?

Do you have to go to school to be a social worker? Yes, but a social work degree is only the beginning.

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Joaquin Phoenix’s "Joker": The Impact of Torment and Trauma—A Call to Insight and Action

Film review: Adolescent and teen clients convinced me that I was wrong in my pre-judgment of Joker. The film exposes truths about the emotionally victimized and our country’s cruel and inadequate mental health awareness, services, and systems. Read more

SaraKay Smullens Reviews & Commentary

Clinical Intersections: What It Really Feels Like To Be a Social Worker

Of course, there is no universal feeling that defines being a social worker. However, I do believe there are some unifying, unsaid themes. Read more

Danna Bodenheimer Clinical Intersections

Self-Care A-Z: Think Self-Care Always Feels Good?

Viewing self-care as only “feel good” (unintentionally) equates self-care with a special treat, extra luxury, or rare indulgence. In fact, self-care is sometimes uncomfortable and often difficult. Read more

Erlene Grise-Owens Self Care

A Trip to Xiamen: Through the Eyes of a Social Work Student in Taiwan

A Taiwanese social work student went to Xiamen, China, to participate in an international student exchange with an early childhood intervention program. Disabled people in China are largely invisible in public spaces and need more services, she says Read more

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Data Science: A Promising Field of Study for Social Workers?

I was one of two social workers in attendance at a meeting on data science. When we introduced ourselves, you could almost feel the confusion in the air. The looks on the faces of the attendees seemed to question why we were there. Read more

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Clinical Intersections: Disavowal and the Politics of Naming Whiteness

In social work training, we discuss working with structural forces and power differences by naming them and the ways they are showing up in the room. But how does this intervention fit within the general theory of what is curative for our clients? Read more

Clinical Intersections

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Feel the HAES®? What Every Social Worker Needs To Know About the Health at Every Size® Framework

The Health at Every Size® (HAES®) social justice grounded framework aligns well with social work values and ethics. Here’s how social workers can start putting it into practice. Read more

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