How Social Media Sparks Social Work Innovation Have you wondered how social workers may benefit from using social media or how social media may spur innovation within social work? As per the interview that Pat Shelly, the Director of Community Engagement and Expansion at the University of Buffalo’s School of Social Work, conducted with me on inSocialWork’s […]
Parallel Processes, Boundaries & Authenticity
This week, I listened to a very interesting podcast from the University of Buffalo’s School of Social Work (UBSSW) addressing the topic of the supervisor – supervisee relationship in clinical social work settings. This podcast (Living Proof episode #5) is titled Models of Supervision: Parallel Processes and Honest Relationships and in it Dr. Lawrence Shulman, […]
Social Work Career Advice from a Dean: MSW to PhD Journey
Social work career advice from Dean Nancy Smyth, PhD: her path from MSW to Dean, why MSW is just the beginning, 10+ essential clinical competencies for private practice (substance abuse screening, mental health assessment, domestic violence, trauma, dissociation, CBT, MI, record-keeping), women in academia challenges, virtual reality therapy applications, and trauma-informed care integration.
Music as a Means of Establishing Rapport
Yesterday I listened to a Living Proof podcast from the University of Buffalo’s School of Social Work. The interviewees were Drs. Raphael Travis and Anne Deepak and they spoke about Empowerment in Context: Lessons from Hip Hop Culture for Social Work Practice. Drs. Travis and Deepak had an interesting point of view about Hip Hop […]
