Ep. 43: Alumni Spotlight: Child Welfare and Working with Families in Crisis with Terri Thompson

Terri Thompson earned a Master of Arts in Human Services from Wake Forest University. She joins Dr. Cheyenne Carter and Dr. Bob Nations to discuss her current work with the Department of Social Services. Other topics include: self-care and safeguarding against the effects of cumulative trauma, strategies for bracketing assumptions and biases, the challenging and rewarding nature of trauma work, and the value of systemic practices and implementing a team-approach when working with families in crisis. Episode transcript is available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRLeumHIdCH1t3XoRD4Jl3yURoOnGH4DTh3UR8uNz54ACNQnmLpIqQr44s7bFvu0A/pub