Mental Health, Trauma, Self-Care, Advocacy – Jonathan Foiles, LCSW

Episode 1
Guest: Jonathan Foiles, LCSW
Host: Shimon Cohen, LCSW

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In this episode, I talk with Jonathan Foiles, who is a clinical social worker in Chicago, Illinois. We talk about Jonathan’s clinical work with clients who have experienced trauma, cross-cultural practice, whiteness, and self-disclosure. Jonathan shares how he got into this work. We discuss self-care, which for Jonathan includes writing about social policy issues and their impact on clients, using clients’ stories and his experience as a way to show the reality of how policy decisions negatively impact people’s lives. I hope you enjoy the conversation.

Link to Jonathan's article: http://beltmag.com/fixing-chicago-mental-health-system/

Music credit:
"District Four" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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