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.

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.