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MN - The Unfinished Business of Childhood: Tending to the Social Worker's Childhood Trauma Wounds
1 CEU - Clinical, Ethics, or Supervision
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*MN Self-Study courses are accessible for 30 days from the purchase date. You must complete the course within that timeframe to receive your CEU(s).
*Please check with the regulatory board in the state(s) where you are licensed to ensure this course meets continuing education requirements.*Student and Retired pricing applies only to NASW Members of that Member Type.
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The Unfinished Business of Childhood: Tending to the Social Worker's Childhood Trauma Wounds1 CEU - Clinical, Ethics, Supervision
Presenter: Dr. Adam McCormick, MSW, PhD Participants will examine the adaptive behaviors developed in childhood, such as people-pleasing, over-functioning, or hypervigilance, and their connection to professional challenges like burnout, secondary trauma, and boundary difficulties. The session incorporates interactive activities and self-reflective exercises to uncover how personal histories influence professional roles and caregiving dynamics. Special attention will be given to the tension between attachment and authenticity, helping participants identify patterns that may hinder their ability to practice with alignment and integrity. Through a strengths-based lens, attendees will explore the role of identity—such as race, gender, and sexual orientation—in shaping trauma adaptations and professional experiences. The workshop also highlights the impact of emotional contagion in client interactions and offers strategies for maintaining emotional boundaries while fostering therapeutic connections. Participants will leave equipped with practical, neuroscience-informed strategies for sustainable self-care and emotional regulation. Designed for social workers at all levels, this workshop provides a safe and inclusive space to foster self-awareness, resilience, and a renewed commitment to trauma-informed practice. Learning Objectives1. Participants will identify how unresolved childhood trauma and adaptive behaviors manifest in their professional roles, decision-making, and emotional responses, using reflective exercises and case examples to deepen understanding.
2. Participants will analyze and practice evidence-based strategies for maintaining emotional boundaries and managing the impact of emotional contagion in client interactions, fostering therapeutic effectiveness and professional sustainability.
3. Differentiate between the “Adaptive Child” and the “Authentic Social Worker” using the Who Showed Up to Work Today? framework, and evaluate how early survival strategies may unconsciously influence professional boundaries, decision-making, and emotional presence in practice. About the Presenter: Adam McCormick, MSW, PhD is Professor of Social Work at St. Edward’s University and Assistant Professor of Instructor at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin. He has a number of research interests and speaks frequently on a number of topics including LGBTQI+ youth in the child welfare system, the trauma of family separation in child welfare, the weaponization of poverty in child welfare, the relationship rights of siblings in foster care, the intersections of child welfare and immigration, social work and moral injury, and masculinity and mental health. He is the author of the forthcoming book, The unfinished business of our childhood: Healing the child trauma wounds of social workersDr. McCormick is also the author of the book LGBTQ youth in the foster care system: Empowering approaches to an inclusive system of care. *Please check with the regulatory board in the state(s) where you are licensed to ensure this course meets continuing education requirements.
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| Non-Member | $20.00 | | Member | $15.00 | | Retired | $10.00 | | Student | $10.00 |
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