Social Work

Social work is an academic discipline and profession that concerns itself with individuals, families, groups and communities in an effort to enhance social functioning and overall well-being. Social functioning refers to the way in which people perform their social roles, and the structural institutions that are provided to sustain them. Social work applies social sciences, such as sociology, psychology, political science, public health, community development, law, and economics, to engage with client systems, conduct assessments, and develop interventions to solve social and personal problems ...more

What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
No Bad Parts
Are You Mad at Me?
Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves—and How to Find Our Way Back
The ADHD Field Guide for Adults
Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included)
Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma
Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance
Wisdom of Your Body
Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally
Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health (Outspoken by Pluto)
Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships
When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
Raising Kids with Big, Baffling Behaviors: Brain-Body-Sensory Strategies That Really Work
Fierce Self-Compassion: How to Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Your Power, and Thrive – A Personal Development Guide for Women Seeking Balance and Motivation
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog: And Other Stories from a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
What Happened To You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts
It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
No Bad Parts
Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change
What My Bones Know
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor MatéThe Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der KolkThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog by Bruce D. PerryTrauma Stewardship by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky
For the Social Worker
56 books — 22 voters

Psychotherapy Fundamentals by Artem KudeliaMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklOn Becoming a Person by Carl R. RogersMotivational Interviewing by William R. MillerMemories, Dreams, Reflections by C.G. Jung
Therapist's reading list
151 books — 58 voters
How to Launder Money by L. Burke FilesThe Gift of Fear by Gavin de BeckerDangerous Personalities by Joe NavarroInsane by Alisa RothBedlam by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg
Mental Illness, Crime, and Violence
142 books — 47 voters

Play Based Interventions for Autism, Adhd, Neurodevelopmental... by Robert Jason GrantPlay Therapy by Virginia M. AxlinePlay Therapy by Garry L. LandrethPlay in Family Therapy by Eliana GilPlay Therapy Child Centered Play Therapy by Garry L. Landreth
Play Therapists' Favorite Books
10 books — 4 voters


Abhijit Naskar
“ Sonnet 3150 I saw priests discussing creation, I saw scientists discussing evolution, I saw politicians discussing democracy, I saw entrepreneurs discussing innovation - and yet children still sleep empty-stomach, the widow still cries next to a photograph, the elderly still cannot afford lifesaving medicine! Apparently, god of earth is rich people's god, science of earth is rich people's science, one claims to have moral superiority, another claims to have logical superiority, while both fai ...more ”
― Abhijit Naskar, Aşkoholic: Portrait of A Human

Abhijit Naskar
“ Compassion is the mother of civilization. ”
― Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

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Welcome to the MSW Student Reads Group! This group is a space for Master of Social Work student…more
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For the Love of Therapy "For the Love of Therapy" is a book club for therapists (licensed and non-licensed but working t…more
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NACSW Book Club A forum for members of the North American Association of Christians in Social Work to engage wit…more
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Social Worker's Bookshelf This is a group for anyone in the social work field! Students and current social workers are wel…more
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