To continue with our Mental Health and Covid19 series, we reached out to MSW Faculty and Trauma Certificate Coordinator, Arabella Pérez, LCSW for some of her insights. Here's what she had to say: Managing Stress and Cultivating Emotional Resiliency: Managing stress and cultivating emotional resiliency has never been more challenging during my lifetime. I have … Continue reading Mental Health and Covid19 Series: Managing Stress and Cultivating Emotional Resiliency
Mental Health and COVID 19 Series: Self-care
As we all embark on this journey together and face the Covid19 uncertainty ahead, we thought we'd reach out to UNE Social Work faculty, staff, and students to learn about what sorts of things they're doing from home to take care of their mental health. We will post responses as they come in. To kick … Continue reading Mental Health and COVID 19 Series: Self-care
Trauma-Informed Social Work: A Radical Health Experience
Lara Nordenson is a second year MSW student in UNE's MSW program pursing the Certificate in Trauma-Informed Care . A little about Trauma: Trauma is a hidden epidemic affecting 90% of individuals who seek public behavioral health services (SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health solutions). It's life-shaping and impacts not only the individuals, but families, communities and service systems. … Continue reading Trauma-Informed Social Work: A Radical Health Experience