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?
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America
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
Girls Play Dead: Acts of Self-Preservation
Drama Free: A Guide to Managing Unhealthy Family Relationships
The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss
The Wisdom of Your Body: Finding Healing, Wholeness, and Connection through Embodied Living
"You Should Be Grateful": Stories of Race, Identity, and Transracial Adoption
Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistance
Fierce Self-Compassion: How to Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Your Power, and Thrive
Real Self-Care: A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included)
When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
Emotional Inheritance: A Therapist, Her Patients, and the Legacy of Trauma
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
Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead
It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

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

Nikki  Navarro
What we can do is think of ways we can help, using our roles and resources… At least for today.
Nikki Navarro, At Least for Today

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