“When you practice that external skill, it actually creates a different experience inside of you. So one of the ways I think you can become more empathic as a therapist is to practice reflective listening, because doing that will actually expand...
“One thing we haven’t even talked about is how we’re preparing all students to go out there and work and practice. All of our students, regardless of where they work or whether they ever know it or not, will work with trans people, right? And so...
“It's not waiting around for them to change. It's on us to come together and push for the changes that we know we need. That's the foundation of the overarching safer spaces umbrella that I work under. It's what inspires me.”
“Young Black men who reported higher scores of having ubuntu were more likely to see the benefit and value of seeking professional mental health services, whether that be a counselor or a social worker.”
“We're missing the ball. People with long COVID aren't even being assessed for long COVID. We're not finding out that we have it until major events have occurred that may have been avoided altogether.”
- Jazmin Graham, LCSW
"Don't be afraid to have a voice. Advocate for yourself. If you have ideas, get involved. Be as careful as you can be, but just make sure you're offering that piece of education and really just showing people and guiding them through our social work...
“One out of two adults have somebody related to them who has been incarcerated, So to be able to be effectively responsive to that is such a need.”
“Health inequity is baked into the cake. It is not incidental. If we acknowledge that that is true, that health care providers are trained in a way that reinforces racial biases and gender biases and ableist biases … we could start to do something...
“I don't know how many more times we can say thoughts and prayers for these families when there's tangible steps that we can take that actually change the outcomes of some of these things. How many more lessons do we have to learn? How many more...
“They absolutely loved it. The small group of older adults that we took on that experience, they wanted more. ... They felt tech savvy, because they were using [VR]. It also gave them a choice. Where do you want to go today? What would you like to...