Navigating LGBTQ+ Identities as Professional Social Workers: a panel discussion
Join the Rainbow Collective (LGBTQ+ Social Work Org) and the Pride Center for a panel discussion about being an LGBTQ+-identifying social worker in the context of direct practice with clients, working with community partners, and navigating workplace dynamics. The panel will specifically address self-disclosure and feature three professional social workers who are part of the LGBTQ+ community.
Welcoming the following panelists:
- Cassie Whitfield, LCSW, CCTP (she/her): Cassie graduated with a Master of Arts in Social Work from the University of Chicago, School of Social Service Administration, with focus on clinical work. She is a certified clinical supervisor and currently the Director of Student Training at a small non-profit mental health agency in the Chicago area. Cassie's current practice is largely focused on trauma work with adult clients that identify as BIPOC and/or part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
- Alex Jenny, LCSW: Alex (she/her) is a therapist and drag queen known as The Drag Therapist. She is a licensed clinical social worker and trauma and gender therapist. She has extensive experience that spans over a decade in anti-oppression education, intergroup facilitation, mediation, and diversity and inclusion consultation. Her introduction to community organizing, activism, and advocacy work began at the University of Michigan. She later received her social work training at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, where she currently teaches class as an adjunct lecturer on anti-oppression facilitation and activism.
- Alexandra Hoffman, LCSW (she/her or they/them): Alex is a queer, femme, clinically licensed social worker who works within a partial hospitalization program focusing on youth who use substances to cope with their suicidal ideation, depression, and anxiety. Utilizing a trauma informed harm-reductionist lens, Alex works to support these youth in navigating the trials and tribulations of creating a life worth living.
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Sean Bryant, MSSW (he/they): Sean is a non-binary social worker and certified Acceptance and Integration Training (AAIT) practitioner. He serves as a Field Education Specialist with the University of Tennessee College of Social Work and is the founder of Silent Mountain Healing Arts, a private practice where he partners with courageous clients on their path to wholeness and healing. Sean has over 23 years of experience working with adults, children, and families in varied settings, from hospice care to therapeutic foster care, including 12 years in community change and school social work.
This event is being held at 7pm EDT / 6pm CDT. Double check your time zone!
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Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at 7:00pm to 8:15pm
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