Isayah Alman is a psychotherapist, social worker, mental health researcher, and writer. He is currently teaching LMSW content while developing a framework for sustainable mental health education.
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I’ve been spending part of my time teaching social work material to students for whom English is not their first language. On paper, this sounds straightforward. Review content. Explain concepts. Practice questions. Prepare for an exam. In practice, it’s something else entirely. Much of social work education is built on assumptions that are rarely named.…
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Crisis work does not happen in a vacuum. It happens in rooms where time is compressed, information is partial, and the consequences of inaction can be irreversible. The crisis room is rarely quiet. Phones ring in uneven rhythms. Screens populate with names, fragments, alerts. There is always a queue. Someone is always waiting. The work…
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