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Social Workers, Rise! — 226 episodes

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Childhood Grief: How Social Workers Can Support Children and Families

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Helping Veterans Heal: PTSD Recovery Through Music and Social Work

3

Beyond the Field: Social Work Careers in Professional Football

4

Protect Your Career: Social Media Do's and Don'ts for Social Workers

5

Social Work Is No Longer a "Professional Degree": How This Impacts You

6

Advice for New Social Work Graduates Starting a Career in 2026

7

A Day in the Life of a Social Worker in Assisted Living

8

Post-COVID Mental Health: Impact on Youth

9

Social Work vs. Therapy-Focused Degrees: The Identity Crisis No One Is Talking About

10

What I Wish I Knew as a New Social Worker About Finding the Right Job

11

Top 3 Social Work Problems of 2026

12

You Don’t Have to Advocate for Everything: Focused Impact Without Burnout

13

Clinical Supervision, Income Streams & Generational Wealth in Social Work

14

You Need Experience to Get Experience: Real Strategies for Early-Career Social Workers

15

5 Ways to Overcome Communication Challenges in your Internship

16

Social Work Salary Transparency

17

What's a Palliative Social Worker? | Medical Social Work Skills, Salary & Insights for New MSWs

18

Hospice Social Work Explained | Skills, Salary, and Stories for New MSWs

19

How Fitness Reduces Stress and Boosts Mental Health | Stress Management Tips for Busy Professionals

20

Why Is Compassion Fatigue Called the ‘Common Cold’ of Helping Professionals?

21

206. Suicide Prevention: Un-shaming the Conversation

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205. Sport Social Work: Where Mental Health Meets Athletics

23

204. Multiple Streams of Income as a Social Worker

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203. PTSD in Social Work: What Every Social Worker Needs to Know

25

202. Understanding Depression: What Every New Social Worker Should Know

26

201. Understanding Anxiety: What Every New Social Worker Should Know

27

200. Mental Health vs. Mental Illness – What Every New Social Worker Should Know

28

199. Trauma Informed Assessments

29

198. Is the Social Work Interstate Compact Hurting the Profession?

30

197. 6 Ways to Find a Clinical Supervisor

31

196. Social Media & Mental Health

32

195. Top 5 High-Paying Social Work Careers: Maximize Your Earning Potential in 2025

33

194. Top Social Work Trends of 2024 & Navigating the Future

34

193. Licensing Compact 2024

35

192. Hospital Social Work

36

191. Tired and Wired: Understanding Burnout in Social Work

37

190. Myth Busting: Starting in Private Practice

38

189. Are you ready to be a Teletherapist?

39

188. Overcoming Cultural Stigma in Mental Health

40

187. The Sneaky Impacts of Financial Stress on Mental Health

41

186. Social Work IS Political

42

185. Insider Tips: Working within Transitional Housing

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184. How To Tell When You're Being Lied To

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183. Types of Medical Social Work

45

182. Tips for New Social Work Interns

46

181. Geek Therapy

47

180. Community Mental Health

48

179. Advocacy & Unions

49

178. Responsible and Ethical Use of AI for Social Workers

50

177. Pediatric Social Work

51

176. Social Determinants of Health

52

175. How to Work With People Who Have ADHD

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174. Research in Burnout

54

173. Psychiatric Social Work & Crisis Response

55

172. Betrayal Trauma

56

171. Overcoming Imposter Syndrome as a First Gen

57

170. Job Search Tips for New Grads

58

169. Simple Ways to Assess for Depression

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168. Finding Your Sense of Self

60

167. Highest Paying Social Work Jobs

61

166. What are Areas of Functioning?

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165. What You Need to Know Before Becoming a Teletherapist

63

164. Mindfulness

64

163. Become a California Wellness Coach for Youth

65

162. Benefits of CBT

66

161. Boundaries for Burnout Prevention

67

160. Therapeutic Orientation - What to Say In Interviews

68

159. Stress Management for Work

69

158. Building Your Own Advocate System: The Importance of Self-Belief in Career Growth

70

157. The Dark Side of Poor Documentation

71

156.Defying the Odds: Action

72

155. Could You Be Called to Testify?

73

154. Defying the odds; Tapping into Community

74

153. Documentation Hacks

75

152. Defying the odds; Mindset

76

151. Can 1 Client Visit make a difference?

77

150. What can I do with a BSW?

78

149. How Do I Build Rapport Fast?

79

148. Cancel these Toxic Social Work Beliefs

80

147. Mastering Peace as a Social Worker

81

146. Interstate Licensing Compact Updates

82

145. School Social Work Coaching and Consulting

83

144. How to be an Expert Mental Health Media Consultant

84

143. Military Social Work

85

142. Social Work Salaries with NASW-NYS

86

141. AI for Social Workers

87

140. How to Become a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

88

139. Create Wealth in Social Work

89

138. How to write your MSW personal statement

90

137. Emotional Support Animals

91

136. Advocacy Unveiled: The One Mistake You Must Avoid

92

135. 3 Careers You can Start Now (that aren't private practice)

93

134. Unveiling Leadership: Embrace Your Hidden Influence

94

133. CBT with Kids

95

132. Travel Social Work

96

131. How to Get Started in Macro Social Work

97

130. School Social Work

98

129. How to Get Started in Medical Social Work

99

128. Safety Tips for Home Visits

100

127. Healing Through Sex Therapy

101

126. Virtual Reality in Therapy

102

125. Effective Self Care is more than Bubble Baths

103

124. Burnout Basics

104

123. Psychiatric Social Work

105

122. How to Survive as a Child Welfare Social Worker

106

121. Breaking Barriers: Non-Traditional Social Work

107

120. Abolitionist Social Work

108

119. What Can I Do With an MSW?

109

118. Overcoming Barriers to Entrepreneurship as a Social Worker

110

117. Assessments as Additional Income

111

116. Veterinary Social Work

112

115. Social Work in Public Health & Disaster Response

113

114. NASW Opposes ASWB Exams - What We Know Now

114

113. My Biggest Regret From Grad School

115

112. Trauma Informed Approach to Addressing Human Trafficking

116

111. Social Worker to Executive Coach

117

110. Social Work Goals; Tips for Success

118

109. 2022 Social Work Trends

119

108. When Masculinity Turns Toxic

120

107. How to Prepare for Clinical Supervision

121

106. Assertive Communication for Social Workers

122

105. Overcoming Struggles as a Mental Health Professional

123

104. Supporting Trauma Survivors of Natural Disasters

124

103. Corporate Social Work

125

102. What If It's Not Burnout?

126

101. Fired From My Dream Job

127

100. Horse Therapy

128

99. Sport Social Work

129

98. Why the ASWB Passing Rates Matter

130

97. LatinX in Social Work

131

95. Social Work License Compact

132

96. Protecting Your Online Identity

133

94. Pros & Cons of Licensing

134

93. Tips to Securing Your First Social Work Job

135

92. CBT with Kids

136

91. Tips for School Social Work Interviews

137

90. Advice to My Younger Self

138

89. The Empowerment Model of Clinical Supervision

139

88. How Social Workers will Fix Healthcare

140

87. Clinical Supervision Industry Chat

141

86. Networking for Higher Salary

142

85. Mental Health of Infertility

143

84. Edge of Life & Suicide Interventions

144

83. Basics of Clinical Supervision

145

82. Financial Social Work

146

81. When Social Workers Invest

147

80. Exposing Real Interview Questions

148

79. Interview with Confidence

149

78. Manifesting Dopeness

150

77. Setting Boundaries for Wellbeing

151

76. Social Work in Higher Education

152

75. End of Life Discussions in Medical Social Work

153

74. Macro Social Work

154

Perspectives on Social Work with NASW (Part 2)

155

Perspectives on Social Work with NASW (Part 1)

156

Macro Updates on Social Work

157

70. Travel Social Work

158

Student Loan Forgiveness Program (Updates 2021)

159

Power of Breathwork

160

Overcoming Self-Sabotage

161

Unheard Narrative of Childhood Grooming

162

PTSD: Facts VS Fiction

163

64. School Social Work

164

Preventing Vicarious Trauma

165

Commercialization of Mental Health

166

Money Tips every Social Worker Needs (even if you're broke)

167

60. Medical Social Work; Behind the Scenes

168

Micro Practice in a Macro system; Social Work on the Federal Level

169

Clinical Exam & Turning Struggles into your Brand

170

Shifting the Hustle Mentality

171

Self-Care for Busy Social Workers

172

Bi-racial Identity Formation

173

Is MBA for you?

174

Side Hustles You Can Start Now

175

Money Mindset & Entrepreneurship

176

Loan Forgiveness What you Need to Know

177

Imposter Syndrome and Building with TDC (Part 2)

178

Social Justice in Test Prep (TDC Part 1)

179

Do’s and Don’ts of Teletherapy

180

3 Ways to Communicate Your Value

181

Using Play Therapy with Teens

182

What is the connection between burnout and self care?

183

What does Unionized Social Work look like?

184

Productivity Hacks

185

Time for a Doctorate?

186

How to Create Community Relationships for Maximum Impact

187

Leadership Skills You Didn't Know You Had

188

The Story of Anjanette Young

189

Macro Change with The Social Changer

190

Lessons learned after 1 year of podcasting

191

Using Linkedin for Your Personal Brand

192

Getting into Good Trouble with Dope Black Social Worker

193

Intersection of Emotional and Physical Health

194

Support for Kids who have Lost

195

Next Level Gratitude & Relationships

196

Social Media & School Social Work

197

International Social Work

198

Adapting Social Work skills for Business

199

Get Un-Stuck from Burnout

200

Money Mindset

201

Using Multiple Passions to Overcome Burnout

202

Let's talk Politics with Dr. Victor Manalo

203

Revolutionizing Social Work with NASW-NYS

204

Calling her out! Overcome Imposter Syndrome

205

Going the therapy route? LISTEN IN!

206

How to know it’s time for some serious Self Care

207

Where do we go from here?

208

A CALL FOR ADVOCACY & TIPS ON HOW TO OVERCOME IMPOSTER SYNDROME

209

Therapist or Coach? Why choose when you can be BOTH!

210

Financial Social Work - Get Your Money Right

211

Let’s Talk About Sex... Sex Therapy

212

Title Protection - Let's get it!

213

Suicide: What you DIDN’T learn in grad school.

214

Goals! 3 Things you need to Know to accomplish your Dream

215

What you MUST know about Vicarious Trauma

216

What we need to know about the need for connection and relationships

217

We are made for times like this!

218

How Coronavirus is forcing us to be better

219

Advocacy, creating change and entrepreneurship as social workers

220

Social Work Snapshot - where we’re going and why we need to go together

221

How to take fear out of life events to increase focus and lower anxiety

222

What you didn’t know about SW in Tech and benefits of being a Generalist

223

Inside Look at School Social Work in LA; where we are and where we are going

224

Mamba Out- Coping with large scale celebrity loss

225

My most awkward party line

226

Social work, what we need, Fire, and racism