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
Are You Mad at Me?
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves—and How to Find Our Way Back
Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships
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
Girls Play Dead: Acts of Self-Preservation
Wisdom of Your Body
Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma
Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance
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
Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma
Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society
Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included)
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
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror
The Gift of Therapy: An Open Letter to a New Generation of Therapists and Their Patients
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
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
#SayHerName by Kimberlé Williams CrenshawFracking by Kathryn   Hulick#SayHerName by Kimberlé Williams CrenshawUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement by Cynthia Kennedy HenzelOPENAI Oakland's Seat at the Table by Carol Mitchell
Special Reports series
48 books — 12 voters

Play Based Interventions for Autism, Adhd, Neurodevelopmental... by Robert Jason GrantPlay Therapy by Garry L. LandrethPlay in Family Therapy by Eliana GilPlay Therapy Child Centered Play Therapy by Garry L. LandrethPlay Therapy with Kids and Canines by Risë VanFleet
Play Therapists' Favorite Books
10 books — 4 voters
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew  Perry11th Hour Awakening by AnamikosTogether by Vivek H. MurthyQueer Ducks (and Other Animals) by Eliot SchreferNow Is Not the Time to Panic by Kevin    Wilson
Books to Read 2023
12 books — 3 voters

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
55 books — 21 voters


Abhijit Naskar
I look after the world as family, so the world may look after my family, when I'm not there - that's the kind of blind faith that actually makes a difference. ...more
Abhijit Naskar, Nazmahal: Palace of Grace

Abhijit Naskar
Life is a three act existence: eat, sleep and serve.
Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

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