Taking a social work stance in therapy: a sexualised violence perspective
Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW)
About this session
A webinar exploring how social workers can engage in therapeutic practice while maintaining a social work stance, specifically in the field of sexualised violence. The session examines assumptions about the relationship between social work and therapy, considers how to maintain professional values in the therapy room, and explores attention to power, context and dominant ideas in therapeutic practice.
Event Overview
Can social workers be therapists in the field of sexualised violence? The webinar explores assumptions and discursive practices that position social work and therapy as separate forms of practice, considering what becomes possible when social workers bring their skills, knowledge and values into the therapy room.
Learning Outcomes
Examine assumptions about the relationship between social work and therapeutic practice. Consider how social workers can engage in therapy while maintaining a social work stance. Explore how attention to power, context and dominant ideas can shape therapeutic practice with sexualised violence. Consider ways of understanding distress and trauma without reducing experiences to individual pathology.
Presenter
Bridget Leary is a registered Social Worker from the east coast of the United States, living in Aotearoa since 2015. She holds a Master of Applied Social Work from Massey University and a Master of Counselling from Waikato University, with experience in sexualised violence, leadership, mental health and private practice.
Cost
Free to ANZASW members; $40 to non-members