Shared Trauma, Shared Resilience During a Pandemic: Social Work in the Time of COVID-19(Essential Clinical Social Work Series)

This contributed volume reflects on the collective wisdom and ongoing efforts of the social work profession that has been in the forefront of the global pandemic of COVID-19. The contributors are seasoned social work academics, practitioners, administrators, and researchers. Working on the frontlines with patients and families, these social workers have garnered experiences and insights, and also have developed innovative ways to mitigate the impact of the coronavirus on the psychosocial well-being of their clients and themselves.  The 36 reflections, experiences, and insights in this curated collection address the behavioral, mental health, socioeconomic, and other repercussions of the coronavirus pandemic that have impacted their client base, most of whom are vulnerable populations: Repurposed, Reassigned, Redeployed  Safety Planning with Survivors of Domestic Violence: How COVID-19 Shifts the Focus COVID-19 and Moral Distress/Moral Anguish Therapeutic Support for Healthcare Workers in Acute Care: Our Voice Shared Trauma and Harm Reduction in the Time of COVID-19 Wholeheartedness in the Treatment of Shared Trauma: Special Considerations During the COVID-19 Pandemic The Role of Ecosocial Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Natural World Black Lives, Mass Incarceration, and the Perpetuity of Trauma in the Era of COVID-19: The Road to Abolition Social Work Teaching Social Work Practice in the Shared Trauma of a Global Pandemic  The COVID-19 Self-Care Survival Guide: A Framework for Clinicians to Categorize and Utilize Self-Care Strategies and Practices Shared Trauma, Shared Resilience During a Pandemic: Social Work in the Time of COVID-19 is an early and essential work on the impact of the pandemic on the social work field with useful practice wisdom for a broad audience. It can be assigned in masters-level social work practice and elective courses on trauma, as well as inform both neophyte and experienced practitioners. It also would appeal to the general public interested in the work of social workers during a pandemic.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I. On the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 2. Repurposed, Reassigned, Redeployed.- Chapter 3. COVID-19 and Moral Distress/Moral Anguish Therapeutic Support for Healthcare Workers in Acute Care: Our Voice.- Chapter 4. On the Frontlines of the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic: Meaning-making and Shared Trauma.- Chapter 5. Supervising Psychiatry Residents in a COVID-19-Only Hospital: A Hall of Mirrors.- Part II. Specialty Populations Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 6. Staying True to Our Core Social Work Values During The COVID-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 7.Safety Planning with Survivors of Domestic Violence: How COVID-19 Shifts the Focus.- Chapter 8.Reflections on COVID-19, Domestic Violence, and Shared Trauma.- Chapter 9.COVID-19 and Sheltering in Place: The Experiences of Coercive Control for College Students Returning Home.- Chapter 10. Treating Eating Disorders During COVID-19: Clinician Resiliency Amidst Uncharted Shared Trauma.-Chapter 11. Shared Trauma and Harm Reduction in the Time of COVID-19.- Chapter 12.Job Loss and Shared Trauma During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Helping Clients and the Impact on the Clinician.- Chapter 13. Considerations in Working with Veterans During COVID-19: When the Battle Is at Home.- Chapter 14. Reflections on the HIV/AIDS Crisis, COVID-19, and Resilience in Gay Men: Ghosts of Our Past, Demons of Our Present.- Chapter 15.School Social Workers Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences in Traditional, Charter, and Agency-Based Community School Agency Settings.- Chapter 16.Transition to Teletherapy with Adolescents in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Holding Environment Approach.- Chapter 17.Autism in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Reflecting on Loss and Resilience.- Part III. Practice Perspectives, Innovations, and Impact on Social Work Practice.- Chapter 18.The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Relational World of the Patient-Clinician Dyad: Obstacles and Opportunities.- Chapter 19. Wholeheartedness in the Treatment of Shared Trauma: Special Considerations During the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 20.Reflections on the Impact of Remote Counseling: Friendship in a New Therapeutic Space.- Chapter 21.The Role of Ecosocial Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Natural World.- Chapter 22. Building the Capacity of Neighborhoods and the Resilience of Neighbors to Respond to COVID-19: The Neighbor to Neighbor Volunteer Corps.- Chapter 23.The Importance of Pets During a Global Pandemic: See Spot Play.- Chapter 24. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Building a Life Worth Living in the Face of an Unrelenting Crisis.- Chapter 25. Reflections on Providing Virtual Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy in the Wake of COVID-19: Survival Through Adaptation.- Chapter 26.Shared Traumatic Stress and the Impact of COVID-19 on Public Child Welfare Workers.- Chapter 27. How COVID-19 Exposed an Inadequate Approach to Burnout: Moving Beyond Self-Care.- Part IV.Convergence with Racism Pandemic.- Chapter 28. The Pandemic Within the Pandemic of 2020: A Spiritual Perspective.- Chapter 29.Black Lives, Mass Incarceration, and the Perpetuity of Trauma in the Era of COVID-19: The Road to Abolition Social Work.- Chapter 30.COVID-19 and the Injustice System: Reshaping Clinical Practice for Children and Families Impacted by Hyper-Incarceration.- Chapter 31. An Intimate Portrait of Shared Trauma Amid COVID-19 and Racial Unrest Between a Black Cisgender Femme Sex Worker and her Black Cisgender Femme Therapist.- Chapter 32.COVID-19 as Post-Migration Stress: Exploring the Impact of a Pandemic on Latinx Transgender Individuals in Immigration Detention.- Chapter 33. Teaching Social Work Practice in the Shared Trauma of a Global Pandemic.- Chapter 34. Reconceptualizing Service-Learning During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Reflections and Recommendations.- Chapter 35. Grief Lessons of the Apocalypse: Self-Care Is a Joyful Jab in the Arm.- Chapter 36.Shared Trauma: Group Reflections on the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Part VI. Clinician Self-Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic.- Chapter 37.The COVID-19 Self-Care Survival Guide: A Framework for Clinicians to Categorize and Utilize Self-Care Strategies and Practices.

About the Author :
Carol Tosone, PhD, LCSW, is Professor and Director of the DSW Program in Clinical Social Work at New York University Silver School of Social Work, recipient of the NYU Distinguished Teaching Award and Medal, and a Distinguished Scholar in Social Work in the National Academies of Practice in Washington, D.C. Dr. Tosone also served as a Fulbright Scholar at Hanoi University of Education in Vietnam, and as a Distinguished Visiting Lydia Rappaport Professor at Smith College in Massachusetts. Dr. Tosone received her certification in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy from the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, where she was the recipient of the Postgraduate Memorial Award. She is editor-in-chief of the Clinical Social Work Journal, Editor for the Essential Clinical Social Work book series, co-editor of four books, author of numerous professional articles and book chapters, and executive producer of community service and educational media. Dr. Tosone is in private practice in New York City. Her area of research is shared trauma and she has studied Manhattan clinicians post 9/11, New Orleans clinicians post Hurricane Katrina, and most recently, completed a study on the long-term impact of the Troubles on clinicians living and working in Northern Ireland. She has lectured or served as a consultant on shared trauma in Afghanistan, China, Indonesia, Southern Israel, and the United Arab Emirates.