Cultivating Creativity & Mindfulness in Social Work w/ Jorie Morrow

Published: May 21, 2021, 2 p.m.

Episode 25 dives into the crossover between creativity, mindfulness and social work. 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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