THE SOCIAL WORK RANTS PODCAST

Wilmaris Ramos is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Rhode Island. She works as a therapist at Oaks Behavioral Health working with older adults.   Wilmaris also owns a private practice assisting couples facing pregnancy loss due to medical reasons. She runs a still birth group.  Wilmaris bravely shared her personal story of losing a pregnancy due to medical reasons.  We discu...

Diana Beltran is a licensed clinical social worker in both Texas and Arkansas. She received her MSW at Arkansas-Little Rock.  She is currently the Clinical Operations Director at Therapy Works Counseling group practice in the Dallas area.   We discuss her role as a clinical director, the importance of providing services to the Latino population.    We also share our though...

Alyssa Rodriguez, LCSW, CSSW-S is a social worker in Chicago, Illinois.  She is also a Chicago Union Delagate as part of the teachers union.  She describes her day to day as a school social worker in Chicago school district.   She describes the drama the teachers had during the Covid Pandemic including going on strke in the Fall of 2019.  Alyssa discusses the importance of...

Dr. Leti Cavazos, DSW, LMSW received her docturate degree in Social Work.  She is the founder of Canneta Center for Healing and Empowerment in the Dallas/Fort Worth, TX area. It is a for profit agency serving the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area and in San Antonio providing mental health services for the Hispanic community.   She is also the founder of The Canneta Foundation, an organization that rai...

Elease Cook, LMSW is a licensed social worker in the state of Virgina.  She currently works at the University of Virgina outpatient psychiatric clinic.  She discusses her current role.  She discusses what she has seen in Virginia related to social work.  We discuss tips to look out for related to jobs and working in general as a social worker.   Also we discuss workplace t...

Portia Rouse is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Baltimore, Maryland aka Charm City. She currently works full time as a field instructor for Masters Level and Macro Level social work students.  She discusses her struggles as a field instructor.  We discuss the housing changes in Baltimore and politics in Baltimore City and Maryland overall. We also discuss the areas of need in Baltim...

Budy Whitfield, LCSW is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in New York.  She is also a speaker, author, podcaster and coach.   She is one of the contibuting authors of the Amazon #1 best seller Latinx in Social Work Volume 2.   In her chapter she discusses what she calls thriving in chaos and the loss of her brother from drug use.   She is hosting a virtual summit call...

Lindsay Malhotra, LMSW, LCDC, PSS is the DIrector of Outpatient Services at Nexus, a substance abuse program in Dallas, Texas.  We discuss her program which only serves females. The program is geared towards pregnant women in need of a drug program and women in recovery.  The program offers a 28 day program, 90 day program, outpatient program and a peer support group.    ...

Is it #grief Is It #burnout Is It #compassionfatigue Chronicles life since 2019 and the transitions and traumatic events that followed. #mentalhealth   Is also important to celebrate your wins.    Follow the podcast on Instagram  @thesocialworkrantspodcast   Twitter @socialworkrants   Get your autographed copy of "Triumph Through Pain: How to Maximize Y...

The holidays are not always "the most wonderful time of the year".  Many people are grieving the losses of loved ones.  Luccas Contreras is a MSW graduate student at University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Luccas discusses the loss of his dad 7 years ago.   We discuss normalizing having discussions of grief and loss during the holidays.    Luccas can be found on Instag...

Social worker Justin Gillespie, LCSW-C from Michigan provides tips for social worker to grow their business using social media particularly #tiktok Justin has gone viral on multple occasionals and has used tic tok to grow his business as a therapist.     Follow Justin on Instagram and tic tok  @justingillespielmsw     Follow the podcast on Instagram  @thesocialworkrantspodcast  and Twitter @social...

Elizabeth Conde, LMSW-SIFI  is currently a school social worker.  She currently serves as a volunteer advisory board member for Northen Manhattan  Improvement Corporation.    Elizabeth is a contributing author of the Amazon best seller Latinx in Social Work Volume 2 which is currently available on Amazon in English and Spanish.  We discuss her chapter in the book...

Dr. Lashawn Paul, DSW, LCSW-R hosts "Redefine Strong: Black Women's Mental Health Conference. Redefine Strong 2022.  November 19th-20th Virual.  Check link here:  https://bit.ly/3Nn1C46  Use code Socialworkdiva for $25 off the conference price.  Up to 13 CEUs available The podcast also features Tracysvon Ford, LCSW-R who discusses #mindfulness   The 3 of us discu...

Host interviews NASW DE & NASW NJ Regional Director Jennifer Thompson.  We discuss issues facing #socialworkers such a licensing. We discuss the ASWB exam and ways NASW is fighting to not have it as a requirement for the proposed interstate compact. We discuss issues affecting social workers in #delaware and #newjersey   We also discuss the future of social work with the possibi...

In honor of #mensmentalhealthmonth the host discusses the importance of voting this midterm election season. Despite the results on election day, we must not let it affect our mental health.    We advocate for our clients to vote.  We need to take our advice and go out to vote.   Follow the podcast on Instagram @TheSocialWorkRantsPodcast; Twitter @SocialWorkRants &nbs...

Fressh off the Latinx in Social Work Volume 2 book launch, this week's guest is Antonio Morales, LCSW.  Antonio owns  The Liberated Self Therapeutic Services, LLC, a private practice dedicated on serving the mental health needs of Black and Brown folks across communities .  A psychotherapist and seminar faciliator, Antonio is one of contributing authors of the #1 best selling book....

Dr. Liam Curran is a published researcher relates to FASD (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder) and Child welfare.  He discusses what is FASD? Why are social workers are in danger and vulnerable regarding working with children with FASD symptoms.  Dr. Curran can be found on Twitter @William91691687  As I mentioned in my past episode about FASD, symptoms are very similar to ADHD and chil...

Steven Miller is a MSW student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is an advocate for male infertility.  We address the myths of what causes male infertility and discuss the toxic mascunility that exsists related to this this issue.  Steven bravely discusses his own issues with male infertility and describes the lack of research that exsists regarding this topic compared to women...

Almost 2 months ago I started working as a social worker for HIV diagnosed adults in Delaware.  Social Work will discuss the myths about HIV.  Working with the population is one of my passions in social work.  Find your passion in this work.   Follow the podcast on Instagram: @TheSocialWorkRantsPodcast and Twitter @Socialworkrants Check out the book launch for Latinx in Social...

Author of the upcoming book "Refresh: The Journey to Find Peace" book launches in October 2022, I talk to Gary "Trey" Taylor, LCSW from Virginia.  We discuss his transition into full time entrepreneurship as a Licensed Mental Health Therapist.  We discuss finding the balance of family, working, raising a new born.  We also discuss his upcoming book, Gary touches a lot of the grief a...

Two years ago at the height of the pandemic I interviewed recovery advocate Tim Ryan best know from the A&E Network series "Dope Man" in 2017.  We discussed the issues people in recovery faced of not liking attending 12 step meetings on zoom for example.  (You can listen to our episode, Season 1 Episode 5-  https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/oAQ2ifbemtb )   What I learned...

This is the 100th episode of the podcast.  The host discusses the importance of self care for us social workers and mental health professionals.  The host shares his recent trip to Montego Bay, Jamaica for a family vacation for #laborday2022 weekend and the importance of detaching from phone and relaxing.   Follow the podcast on Instagram :  @The Social Work Rants Podcast&...

The host shares his views about the Social Work Licensure Compact draft that was recently released.  Like everything else, there are some positives like providing telehealth services.  However there is also negatives such as needing to pass the ASWB exam and not providing clinical supervision.  The Compact is not finalized and the host encourages all social workers to read the docum...

The host shares his feelings on President Biden finally deciding to cancel $10k in student loan forgiveness.  It will be up to $20k if you have Pell grants.  You have to apply for the forgiveness.  It will not happen automatically.  #financialliteracy    Follow the podcast on Instagram  @The Social Work Rants Podcast  Twitter: @Socialworkrants    G...

On August 5th, 2022 The Association for School Work Board issued The 2022 ASWB Exam Pass rate Analysis report.  The host gives his thoughts on the report.  The ASWB proved the exam is culturally biased.  The host goes through some of the numbers on the report.    The host also gives his personal experience with the ASWB exam, taking the exam 5 different times and vowing never to give the ASWB anot...