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How Improv theater is like therapy | NASW Member Voices

How Improv theater is like therapy | NASW Member Voices

By Marisa Markowtiz, LMSW, CASAC-T The National Institute of Mental Health defines specific phobia as an intense, irrational fear that poses little or no actual danger. Approximately seven to nine percent  of the United States population experience specific phobias....

NASW Press Reads for Rejuvenation and Restoration

Reenvisioning Therapy with Women of Color: A Black Feminist Healing Perspective by Lani V. Jones This unique and unapologetic book vividly explores the complex mental health experiences of Women of Color and gives therapists and educators a deeper understanding of the...

NASW expert guides social workers on using intuition in their practices

NASW expert guides social workers on using intuition in their practices

National Association of Social Workers  member Bette Freedson is a clinical social worker in South Berwick, Maine. She recently authored the book Other Realms, Other Ways: A Clinician's Guide to the Magick of Intuition." We talked to Freedson about how social workers...

NASW Press Spring Reads for Renewal and Rebirth

Faith-Based and Secular Meditation: Everyday and Posttraumatic Applications by Raymond Monsour Scurfield Drawing on his 40+ years of meditation practice, experience as a Vietnam veteran, and decades of psychotherapy work with his clients, Ray Scurfield demonstrates...

Celebrate Social Work Month with 20% off NASW Press  Books and eBooks

Celebrate Social Work Month with 20% off NASW Press Books and eBooks

The NASW Press is pleased to announce CEUs are now offered for reading seven of its titles, all of which are on sale for 20% off during Social Work Month. Visit the CEUs  section on our website for more information. The new Social Work Speaks also is among the many...

Celebrate Black History Month With NASW Press: 20% Off Select Titles

Multiracial Cultural Attunement by Kelly Faye Jackson and Gina Miranda Samuels In this book, Jackson and Samuels draw from their own research and direct practice with multiracial individuals and families, and also a rich interdisciplinary science and theory base, to...