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  Integration of Theory to Practice-Case Study Tara Emery Social Work Department, University of Calgary SOWK 662 S08 Integrative Seminar Lateef Habibi December 1, 2023   Introduction               In consideration of this assignment, I asked my client Sam (whose name has been changed) for consent to present her story. I met Sam when her mental...

Teachings from the Medicine Wheel: Reconciliation in Social Work Practice University of Calgary SOWK 614  Tara Emery  Who am I?  Who am I “what are the parameters of what I may know and not know”? Kathy Absolon states that we must identify “[our]self to the spirit, the people and the spirit of the work [we]...

Preventing Complex Trauma: Attachment Therapy for Expecting Mother’s and Father’s University of Calgary  Tara Emery  Complex Childhood Trauma  Many health professionals; psychiatry and other health science workers have been advocating for the inclusion of complex post traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) to be included in the Diagnostic Statistic Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM). This pursuit is...

Mapping beliefs, values, and knowledge of social justice; my social work practice Tara Emery Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary SOWK 600: Social Justice and Theory in Advanced Social Work Practice Professor Mohammed Nurudeen Musah October 14, 2021 Social Workers as People Social work professionals are in the position of holding a great deal...

  Attachment Therapy for Adults with Insecure Attachment Style Tara Emery Social Work Department, University of Calgary SOWK 604 S01 Advanced Practice Theories in Context Instructor Charlene Richard  February 5, 2022   Introduction  Relationship problems are common and can be normalized in western culture, but the extent to which individuals struggle can vary widely. Social...

Creating Allyship with Indigenous Peoples Podcast  Join: Tara Emery, Dana Lameman, Nicole Ward, Breanna Webster, social workers, at the University of Calgary. As they look at how social workers can build allyship with Indigenous Peoples who have experienced trauma. They believe that the reconciliation process is critical given the profession’s participation in the colonization and...

Attachment can be described as a relationship lens. There are four main styles that develop in childhood but change throughout our lifetime. Healing attachment wounds can happen in adulthood through healthy relationships and therapy. The goal of attachment therapy is to feel what healthy – secure is like so that we can better recognize it...

As fibromyalgia is a condition of the nervous system, trauma* is often associated. In Peter Levine’s book “Freedom from Pain” he describes chronic pain as often a result of the combination of disassociation and tension being held in the body. Disassociation is that feeling of being numb, and outside of your body, it is a...