Recent Mentions of NASW Members in the News
Washington Square News
“What we’re doing is breaking down and targeting the direct practices we want students to learn,” Anne Dempsey, researcher and associate clinical professor at Silver, said. “They get to practice in a low-stakes, non-harmful environment, which reduces harm to actual clients. Because if your social worker is more anxious than you are, that could be very unsettling.”
North Carolina Health News
“Children have expressed deep anger and fear,” said Miriam Espaillat, a licensed clinical social worker. “Parents are hyper-vigilant and experiencing symptoms that can create long-term damage to physical and mental health.”
The Journal of the San Juan Islands [WA]
“In a tight-knit community like ours, grief can affect many, and it can trigger grief from past losses,” Clinical social worker and therapist Barbara Starr shared with me. The broad definition of grief, Starr explained, is a physical and emotional response to loss.
Marblehead Weekly News
“Holiday anxiety is a very specific type of stress,” according to Marie Ouellette, LICSW, Chief Clinical Officer at Marblehead Counseling Center, who notes that the very holiday traditions and celebrations meant to bring us joy can also lead to enormous pressure.
VeroNews.com [FL]
Crystal N. Hutchinson, MSW, LCSW, a therapist who practices in Vero Beach, says numbers don’t lie. “There’s no denying men have fewer close friendships than in the past. I attribute it to several things, including more frequent job changes.
Hackernoon
How exactly does the average person use parental controls on WiFi networks? It’s not just a technical issue, but a deeply personal one on how to have those conversations. “There is a matter of safety at the heart of this,” said Robin Ordan, LCSW, a licensed clinical social worker whose unique practice encompasses both family therapy and business coaching, and their intersection.
Steamboat Pilot & Today [Colorado]
The co-responder team established through a partnership with the sheriff’s office and UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center provides a specially trained officer — Sheriff’s Deputy Dawn Smith — and a partnering clinician, licensed clinical social worker Tracy Dierksen, who can respond as needed across Routt County including within Steamboat Springs.
Psychology Today
Elisabeth J. Lamotte, LICSW: "I am heartened to see emotional health gaining public attention. Therapy has existed in some form since the late 1800s, but for much of that time, stigma made it difficult—or even taboo—to speak about emotional struggles openly."
Upper Michigan Source
Arrowroot Integrative Practice has five horses on its team that assist with therapy for humans. Licensed Clinical Social Worker Jessica Olson sought to offer alternative options for individuals who prefer not to receive therapy in a traditional office setting.
Seton Hall University
When Widian Nicola, DSW, LCSW began teaching social work at Seton Hall University, she noticed a growing tension in the classroom: her students were learning the theories, models and interventions of the profession, yet still wondering how to bridge what they were studying with the complexities of the world they were entering.