An advertisement for a class for therapists called Reigniting Imagination, Creativity, and Joy as Liberatory Trauma Work. The class is on July 17th 2026 from 10am to 4pm Central US time. It offers 6 continuing education credits and is virtual and not recorded. The presenter is Cassandra Walker, LCSW, CCTP and there is a circular picture of them, a Black person with rainbow braids wearing a black hat, white button up shirt and houndstooth vest. Tickets and workshop information can be found at www [dot] watch hill therapy [dot] com [slash] workshops

Reigniting Imagination, Creativity, and Joy as Liberatory Trauma Work!
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This training will explore how we can use exploration and activities of imagination, creativity, pleasure, and joy to heal from trauma
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My first renewal term, anyone got tips for CEUs? #therapistsky #socialworkSky

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Saw a video calling out the NASW for not responding to the attack on Social Work profession/education. I go to the comments, social workers defending their own delegitimization, justifying it with propagandist lies. We have a problem in the field. 🚨🚨🚨

Such important findings. For many first-generation students, a low grade isn’t just academic — it feels like proof that they don’t belong. What’s missing isn’t ability, but access to support, information, and people who can say, “This is a setback, not the end.”
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What are we using for our CEUs? #Socialwork #Therapist #CEU #therapistsky #Socialworksky

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Reflective group interventions with social workers: A scoping review This article reviews research on different forms of reflective group interventions (RGIs) with social workers. The authors were interested in how RGIs—stru

My co-authored article on reflective group interventions with social workers is now out in print. Available open access.

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‘We are quite a “can anyone help me?” kind of team’: the role of the team as secure base in social workers’ sensemaking There is recognition that teams act as a locus for the sensemaking activity that underpins social workers’ judgement. Research has highlighted that teams also provide emotional support for practiti...

My article with Laura Biggart on Team as Secure Base and sensemaking has had over 1000 reads. Open access so available to SWs & managers who are interested in creating team cultures that help SWs to safely think through their work.

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Free Mental Health Webinars, June 2025 - SocialWork.Career Free webinars for social workers and mental health providers for June 2025; many of which provide CEs or certificates of completion

✅ Free Mental Health Webinars for Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals for June 2025 www.socialwork.career/2025/06/free... #socialworksky #continuingeducation #therapy

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This should be shown in every social work policy advocacy + diversity class across the U.S. as an example of blatant systemic oppression against marginalized populations being perpetuated by the systems of our profession and a masterclass by exhausted advocates in how to take it on. #socialworksky

Supervision as a Dispersed Practice: Exploring the Creation of Supervisory Spaces in Day‐to‐Day Social Work Practice Supervision is integral to social work practice; however, how it operates in day-to-day practice remains poorly understood. Existing research mainly comprises quantitative and qualitative accounts of...

My paper on supervisory spaces has hit 1500 views. It's open access so can be used by social workers and supervisors to think about how they engage with supervisory support.

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If you are following #edusky and #socialworksky, please share the resources on this thread. The funding for summer lunches, food banks, and food security vouchers are in a recent bill to cut funding permanently to these programs. This will be the last bill before Congress goes on recess.

Lecturer in Social Work (ATS1302) in University of East Anglia | UEA View details and apply for this Lecturer in Social Work (ATS1302) vacancy in University of East Anglia. Faculty of Social Sciences School of Social Work Lecturer in Social Work Ref: ATS1302 ...

We're hiring! Come and join myself and wonderful colleagues at the UEA. Amongst other things, the successful applicant for this post will be involved in teaching our innovative new CertHE in Therapeutic Fostering.

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We in IL are at it again trying to make social work and therapy accessible as both a career and service.

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Interesting! > Depression and PTSD, a new theory suggests, may not be mental disorders but rather specific responses to adversity www-psychologytoday-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.psyc...? #MentalHealth #academicsky #socialworksky #wellbeing

Free Mental Health Webinars, April 2025 - SocialWork.Career Free webinars for social workers and mental health providers for April 2025; many of which provide CEs or certificates of completion

✅ Free Mental Health Webinars for April 2025 www.socialwork.career/2025/03/free... #socialworksky #academicsky #therapy #mentalhealth

What Can I Do Now? Do you want to make a change?

What Can I Do Now? Suggestions for when you're Civically Stuck whatcanidonow.org #academicsky #socialworksky #advocacy

Story‐building and narrative in social workers' case‐talk: A model of social work sensemaking Despite the importance of decision-making in child and family social work, how social workers make sense of information in undertaking assessments and making decisions has received limited attention....

My first PhD findings paper was published online 2 years ago. It's had over 3500 reads which shows the value of open access for increasing accessibility of academic work. Vital in social work as a discipline.

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How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement AOC, solidarity, and people power.

How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement www.thebulwark.com/p/how-to-thi...? < “We must stop viewing political life through the lens of American politics as we have known it, and adopt the viewpoint of dissident movements in autocratic states.” #socialjustice #socialworksky #academicsky

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