What Would Dr. Meyers Do?

Three university professors and clinicians talk about their personal and teaching experiences with racial diversity, equity and inclusion and how their positionality and identities present challenges teaching and approaching this material. They have to navigate their own emotions as they help others to open themselves to the vulnerability and necessity to learn about and own their own identities i...

Do you ever struggle with the benefits vs. limitations of communicating through texting? How about when used in the therapeutic relationship? Emily Brierly, a Molloy University social work student feels misaligned with a co-intern’s intervention with a group of high school students as they planned a conference and were in need of task follow-through. What arises is the questionable use of texting...

Dr. Meyers is interviewed by a documentarian and recent social work graduate to share her career choices and path, with a focus on her personal journey as well. It is no coincidence that the two intertwine. Who is Dr. Meyers? You’ll have to listen to find out.

A survivor of sibling abuse who also happens to be a seasoned therapist shares her experience with her abusive brother, the family dynamics that induced and perpetuated this relationship, and how she has been impacted. It wasn’t until middle adulthood that she recognized this relationship as abusive. What can we learn about sibling abuse from her story?

A budding social worker relates his personal experience with loss at a developmentally significant age. His own history affects his tolerance of his clients’ dependency on him. With self-reflection and insight, Anthony Gaetani considers his understanding of his client's projections and is working through his own fear of disappointment.

Dr. Meyers presents her experiences teaching a course on Diversity: Power, Oppression and Social Justice. As a white professor, she addresses setting the climate and speaks candidly about her challenges and the classroom interactions that have taught her so much.

Petrina Williams, a new professional and graduate of Molloy University and Columbia University Social Work programs raises the question when and how to be your authentic self with clients: when it may work well - and when it may not. With humor, she opens about her high expectations of herself, her military background, and how she inadvertently transfers those standards of behavior onto clients.

Professor and clinician Cynthia Bott discusses how she has navigated her lesbian identity and how this has created a niche practice which she finds both gratifying and limiting. She takes us on a journey of interesting topics related to the LGBT+ population and explores the sociological impact on what is considered normative. The importance of language and terminology is addressed with non-judgeme...

There are several forms of termination with a client. The client can end treatment, the therapist can end the client’s treatment or the therapist can terminate his/her practice. Lisa Newland, a seasoned social worker shares her path from community social work to private practice and back as she decides to close the doors to her clinical practice. We are given a window into the complexity of feelin...

We are talking about how therapists manage when we experience and struggle with something similar in our life at the same time as our clients. Dr. Meyers and her guest also chat about those times we may still be contending with the resonance of our own “stuff”.

The experience of sibling abuse is presented to make a case for consideration of sibling abuse as a Complex Trauma. Dr. Meyers defines sibling abuse and trauma and complex trauma. Then through application and example, she applies the defining aspects of complex trauma to the repercussions of the abusive relationship for the survivor.

So much can be learned about the client from the way she relates to the therapist. It’s usually an indication of her relationships outside of the therapy. Equally informational is the client’s past, as a significant indicator of her current functioning. At the same time, the therapist must be aware of her own feelings that arise in working with the client and understand where those feelings are co...

We all have been trapped in systems that fail us. Amanda Sanchez, MSW is back to discuss navigating these systems. How have you been impacted by faulty systems, and limited access to resources? What can we do as social workers and as good citizens?

A Social Worker with her own history of sexual abuse and intimate partner violence has empathy for her clients based on her identification with them, and openly navigates her own triggered feelings from working with those whom she shares similar experiences.

Mara, a seasoned client is back for a second round of questions about all things therapy. She probes to learn more about what therapists really think but don't say or let on to their clients.

Soon to be graduates of Molloy University’s social work program grapple with “what am I going to do with my life?”. Societal pressures of success combust with their personal expectations. As Dr. Meyers normalizes their fears, they are offered new ways of thinking about a grand plan.

We continue the sibling abuse series learning how to assess for the occurrence of sibling abuse - as it is happening during childhood/adolescence AND how to uncover if someone as an adult has had this experience in their past. Could you or someone you know be a victim or survivor of sibling abuse? Have you always considered it as only sibling rivalry? Let's find out how to confirm this.

We are curious, baffled, and sometimes turned off by those whom don't fit societal norms. Meet Hannah Fons, an exemplary human being who happens to be trans. Her openness about her experience as a trans-person offers us the ability to learn about our perceptions without judging ourselves .

Bianca Shaw, a community-based social worker, supports and empowers the leadership of parents impacted by the family policing system through narrative stories. She works to heal those affected by the child welfare system, systemic racism and poverty. Bianca talks about how she “shows up” in her work and develops trust with those who initially question her intentions, addressing what separates us,...

Mara, a seasoned client, talks about her experiences in therapy: what she found challenging, and unsettling about how her therapists worked with her and conducted themselves. Included is a discussion about “breaking up” with your therapist. And don’t miss Mara’s rapid fire questions for Dr. Meyers.

Sibling abuse exists within the family environment due to certain stressors and its perpetuation is affected by caregiver mismanagement. Learn how to detect sibling abuse and how to protect children from its occurrence, as well as mitigate the impact on survivors.

Learn about working from a Holistic lens; and what happens when a clinician doesn’t believe in medication even when it may benefit the client?

What happens when trauma meets trauma? My guest talks about her traumatic past as a victim of severe child abuse and how her resilience and limitations play out in her own work with children of abuse.

Confronting others is often feared and not always pleasant, but it is imperative towards getting our needs met. Dr. Meyers offers an empowering outlook to be able to confront others with success.

A social worker shares her traumatic upbringing and her perseverance. She and Dr. Meyers explore her pull to the helping profession as a result of  impactful life experiences including multiple losses and family secrets. Her own history reveals potential challenges for her work.