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inSocialWork is the podcast series of the University at Buffalo School of Social Work. The purpose of this series is to engage practitioners and researchers in lifelong learning and to promote research to practice, practice to research. inSocialWork featu

University at Buffalo School of Social Work


    • May 20, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 52m AVG DURATION
    • 40 EPISODES


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    Mobilizing Social Workers to Action: Frameworks for Social Change

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 58:34


    “I was taught social justice meant more services. Now I understand that social justice means we don't need so many services.”

    White Social Workers’ Path to Showing Up for People of Color

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 58:22


    "Any place that you would show up and advocate for your own child, now you show up and you advocate for people and families and children of color, too."

    The Inclusion of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work Supervision

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 55:14


    “Keeping the ‘why' central — the ‘why' we talk about religion and spirituality is because we care about the clients. Oftentimes, when we get caught up in our own discomfort, we avoid these conversations.”

    Integrating Social Work in Dental Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2025 61:40


    "When we think about oral health, we really silo it rather than thinking of it as we have one body; we have one health. But oral health is really the gateway into someone's whole health.” –Candace Ziglor, DSW

    Social Work in the Post-Dobbs Era

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2025 60:19


    “Abortion is so stigmatized, controversial and a hot button issue that even social work has been hesitant to make it a primary component of the things we talk about and advocate for, even though reproductive health care affects everything.”

    Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Cis and Transgender Queer Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 57:28


    “Having conversations about important issues that affect our lives is how we address the social determinants of our health because it nurtures and cultivates community and a sense of belonging.”

    Social Work in Conservative Spaces: Futures Thinking and Lessons from Alabama

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 62:05


    “It's easy to get overwhelmed and paralyzed and not do anything, but if you can, connect and start to take action. You will feel better if you feel like you are part of the solution.”

    Therapy – Actually, it Might be Fun and Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 56:04


    “Gamification has this purpose of increasing motivation and engagement to influence or change behavior with an aim of achieving a particular outcome you have in mind.”

    Elected Office as a Social Work Career Path

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 68:28


    "Elected office is just like any other social work job. I think sometimes there's this fear you have to have a law degree or be a businessperson — completely not the case."

    Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy and Social Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2024 64:42


    “Mind-altering, psychoactive compounds and plants have been used by humans for thousands and thousands of years. There are Indigenous traditions that have kept that alive over the centuries and still to this day.”

    A Conversation About the Place of Spirituality in Social Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 62:04


    “There are social workers … that declare that spirituality is a vital part of human development. My question there is, I cannot think of, off the top of my head, any other component of human behavior and human development that we accept simply by declaration.”

    The DEIA Landscape: Promise, Peril and the Way Forward

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2024 68:37


    "We can certainly talk about having folks at the table, but once they're at the table, are we making sure that their voices are heard? Are we making sure that we hear where they're coming from?"

    Generative AI & Social Work: It's NOT the End of the World as We Know It

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 57:09


    “It's critically important for us as a profession to understand how computer science and folks who are doing AI in health and mental health are thinking about the problems that we're thinking of. Those engineers are 100% coming for you.”

    Green Social Work and Environmental Justice

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 48:41


    "I can live in the world with an environmental consciousness of how to behave. I can bring that into my clinical practice. I can have a consciousness about how to be in the world, and I can bring that to my sessions with my clients, because all of my clients will be impacted by environmental issues.”

    Effective Psychotherapists: Learning & Practicing Skills to Improve Client Outcomes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2024 61:04


    “When you practice that external skill, it actually creates a different experience inside of you. So one of the ways I think you can become more empathic as a therapist is to practice reflective listening, because doing that will actually expand that inner curiosity that you have."

    Centering Transgender and Gender Expansive People in Social Work and Social Work Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2023 54:06


    “One thing we haven't even talked about is how we're preparing all students to go out there and work and practice. All of our students, regardless of where they work or whether they ever know it or not, will work with trans people, right? And so, what we're doing in the classroom or modeling is how to do that.” – Meg Paceley

    In Too Deep: Harm Reduction and Nightlife

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 59:46


    “It's not waiting around for them to change. It's on us to come together and push for the changes that we know we need. That's the foundation of the overarching safer spaces umbrella that I work under. It's what inspires me.”

    Afrocentrism and Help-Seeking for Emotional Distress Among Black Men

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 48:15


    “Young Black men who reported higher scores of having ubuntu were more likely to see the benefit and value of seeking professional mental health services, whether that be a counselor or a social worker.”

    Long COVID and the Implications for Social Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 49:44


    “We're missing the ball. People with long COVID aren't even being assessed for long COVID. We're not finding out that we have it until major events have occurred that may have been avoided altogether.” - Jazmin Graham, LCSW

    School Social Work: Perception and Reality

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2023 61:38


    "Don't be afraid to have a voice. Advocate for yourself. If you have ideas, get involved. Be as careful as you can be, but just make sure you're offering that piece of education and really just showing people and guiding them through our social work ways. Eventually, people will hear you and understand.” – Stephanie Stodolka, LMSW

    It's a family affair: Impacts of incarceration on children and families

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 54:03


    “One out of two adults have somebody related to them who has been incarcerated, So to be able to be effectively responsive to that is such a need.”

    Invisible visits: Black middle-class women in the U.S. health care system

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2023 52:11


    “Health inequity is baked into the cake. It is not incidental. If we acknowledge that that is true, that health care providers are trained in a way that reinforces racial biases and gender biases and ableist biases … we could start to do something differently in the way we think about medical practice and medical training in medical school.”

    Reflections on a shattering year for Black people in Buffalo, New York

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2023 53:41


    “I don't know how many more times we can say thoughts and prayers for these families when there's tangible steps that we can take that actually change the outcomes of some of these things. How many more lessons do we have to learn? How many more lives do we have to lose? How much more trauma do we have to take on until we say this is enough and actually do something?” – Kathryn Franco, LMSW, MPH

    See me, feel me, touch me, heal me: Virtual reality and social work  

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 57:45


    “They absolutely loved it. The small group of older adults that we took on that experience, they wanted more. ... They felt tech savvy, because they were using [VR]. It also gave them a choice. Where do you want to go today? What would you like to do today? So just giving them that feeling of empowerment.” – Louanne Bakk

    There’s far too many of you dying: Why are more Black kids suicidal?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2023 55:05


    “This is an incredible opportunity for a social worker to show up. And when we do, because of how we are uniquely trained, things get better. Because we do see the person and environment context, and we're not just thinking about remediation of symptoms if you will. We're looking at the structures that help perpetuate or create that person's struggle to begin with.”

    Locking the Door? The Social Work Licensing Exam

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 63:02


    "We are talking about a field that likes to tout its ethics and what we do, but our regulatory bodies are not adhering to our core values… This test is not doing anything but creating a massive, expensive barrier.”

    Macro-Practice and a Path to Leadership

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2022 50:19


    “[Y]our story is important, and don't lose your story while you're doing your work. It is important no matter where you come from.”

    Creating a Voice: The unique needs of LGBTQ+ Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2022 46:54


    “Intimate partner violence effects everyone. Even if people say, well, I've never been abused. I don't know anyone who has been abused. You have. You might just not know, because the person hasn't told you. Maybe you haven't presented yourself as a safe person to go to. […] it's something that affects our whole society financially, economically, socially, all that. So, it is affecting all of us.”

    Lessons Learned: Wisdom from a Lifetime of Organizing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2022 54:18


    “And so power is the ability to act. And most people, middle income, working income, lower income, don't have the ability to act in the public arena. So, question, you know, how do you get power? […] the only two ways to get it is you can organize people, then you can deliver with a focus, consistently and persistently. I said and consistently and persistently because you can't just do it once.”

    Palliative and Hospice Care: Interdisciplinary- Holistic Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2022 48:06


    “It is a scary word, palliative care. But if you ask me, it's just really the best approach to care because it's patient and family focused.”

    A Social Worker's Guide to Decolonizing the Field of Social Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2022 48:18


    "[I]f we're talking about why do we need to decolonize schools of social work, we are increasingly teaching future social workers to help our clients put Band-Aids on their situations, right, to advocate for them to deal with these oppressive systems and structures that they live in, right? Where is the advocacy for dismantling these harmful systems of oppression beyond voting? You know, how can we get social work to actually focus on dismantling these systems of oppression instead of helping our clients cope with them? That's really the question.”

    Reproductive Justice: A call-to-action for Social Work in the Post-Roe World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2022 54:07


    “We have to think about the aspect of social work that includes mobilization, organization, and access. For so long in social work we have been very much in the room, present with our client.... [W]e're helping them individually, I think social work[ers] felt like they were reaching the goal of the field. But the field is a social field. It's about impacting and changing society. And in order to impact and change society, we have to be a collective. We have to organize. We have to work together. Mobilize. [...] Part of that is being politically intelligent. Having political will.” – Mery Diaz

    Yoga and Bodywork: Healing Interventions for the Mind and Body

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 39:48


    “Talk therapy is all about the verbal language. But what if you don't have the verbal language?... That's why movement is so important, because it let's you unpack… [and] describe how it feels in your body.”

    Politics (Yes, Politics) For Social Workers: A Guide for Affecting Change

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2022 42:19


    “I don't disparage the really important, gifted clinical work… but the danger of understanding social work interventions as clinical and individual is that… We wind up trying to fix people, instead of trying to fix systems that box them often into utterly unworkable problems.”

    “Caring Justice:” Empowering Communities with a Love Supreme

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 42:34


    “What are we doing now to be able to create a more just, caring, and compassionate society on my block, in my neighborhood, and in my city? And that should always be the discussion in policy, research, and every community intervention that we create.”

    Invisible Loss: What is Fertility Counseling?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2022 39:29


    “It's an amorphous loss that other people can't see and they can't touch and they can't identify with. It's a prospective grief versus a retrospective grief because we're grieving over the hopes and wishes and dreams for the future…. so it becomes so much harder to grieve.”

    American Dementia: Brain Health in an Unhealthy Society

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 38:49


    “We need the magic of community [to address the issue of brain health], not the magic of pills.”

    Racism and Mistreatment in the Mental Health Field: A Practitioner's Voice

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 25:12


    “I don't see my White colleagues talking about racial trauma. And then when I bring it up, it's like that aha moment... And if we don't talk about racial trauma with Black clients, how are we going to talk about regular trauma?”

    The Perspectives Approach to Treating Mental Illness

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 38:50


    “I'm very interested in helping physicians understand the big questions of what it means to be human, what it means to be a physician, and what it means to lead a good life in an effort to ensure, not only that all patients are treated with respect and dignity, but also that the practitioners themselves can practice self-care that helps their own mental health and also helps them flourish.”

    Child Maltreatment: Reporting Inequities in Rural Counties

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2021 18:53


    “... Keep asking the tough questions and holding the child welfare system to a high standard, because both the families and the [social workers] need research that roots out the issues... and helps us work toward a fairer, more just child welfare system.”

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