Cultivating Creativity & Mindfulness in Social Work with Jorie Morrow
Cultivating Creativity & Mindfulness in Social Work with Jorie Morrow
Episode 25 dives into the crossover between creativity, mindfulness and social work. We are joined by Jorie Morrow who is a registered social worker, psychotherapist, certified mindfulness meditation coach/facilitator and professional actor, playwright and producer from Toronto, Ontario.
On this episode we cover:
- Working in community mental health setting + generalized practice
- Open Access counselling
- Intersection of creativity and social work
- How to achieve higher levels of creativity
- Mindfulness and the benefits to our work with clients and clinicians
- Types of clients that may not benefit immediately from mindfulness
- Intersection of acting and social work
- Integrating social work experiences in artistic ways (Gayley Road Productions, Out At School, SNAP!)
- Using expressive forms of therapy
- Tips and wisdom for new social workers, therapists, mental health practitioners
- Improv techniques that can be translated into social work
- Therapeutic benefits of expressive arts
- Tips for managing and preventing burnout and vicarious trauma
If you would like to connect with Jorie Morrow you can e-mail her at jmorrow@srchc.com
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