The Social Work Podcast

Provides information on all things social work, including direct practice (both clinical and community organizing), research, policy, education... and everything in between.

About Your Host

Jonathan B. Singer, Ph.D., LCSW: I'm a Professor of social work at Loyola University Chicago and a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in working with children and families. My Twitter handle is @socworkpodcast. I have always been an advocate of technology. In the 1990s, I created a number of “first” Web sites for social service agencies in Austin, Texas. In 1996 I developed the first electronic medical record for my agency, ATCMHMR, leading to my involvement in the selection and pilot testing of the first agency-wide remote EMR program. From 1996 – 2002 I worked for ATCMHMR as a bilingual social worker providing individual, family and group therapy to children and families. From 1997 - 2000 I was co-owner of a group therapy practice specializing in conjoint family therapy. From 2002 – 2004 I was the lead therapist for Jewish Family Service and an adjunct instructor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work. As an adjunct at UT-Austin, I developed and taught the school's first Crisis Intervention course. Between 2009 and 2015 I was an assistant professor of Social Work at Temple University. I write for academic and popular publications.

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The Social Work Podcast

Pages

The Arc of Therapy: Beginnings (Part 1)

Critiques of the DSM-5: Interview with Jeffrey Lacasse, Ph.D.

Proposed Changes in DSM-5: Interview with Micki Washburn, LPC-S and Danielle Parrish, Ph.D.

The Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events (CASE) Approach: Interview and Role Play with Shawn Christopher Shea, M.D.

Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI): Interview with Jennifer Muehlenkamp, Ph.D.

Schizophrenia and Social Work: Interview with Shaun Eack, Ph.D.

What is Pathological Gambling?

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Developing Treatment Plans: The Basics

Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)

Bio-psychosocial-Spiritual (BPSS) Assessment and Mental Status Exam (MSE)

DSM Diagnosis for Social Workers