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Follow @socialworkispolitical on IG #momsky #medsky #medicaid #SNAP #medicare
June 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
patientadvocacy.bsky.social
#resist #weresist #resistance #hope #joy #fafo #project2025 #saveourdemocracy #democracy #reproductiverights #womenshealthmatters #disabilityrights #liberal #independent #humanrights #universalhealthcare #democrat #mutualaid #communityovercompetition #community #organize #communityorganizing
socialworkispolitical posted The enemy of the election is white supremacy. Yes, white woman could have and should have done more. Yes, people voted against their own interests. Yes, white men did not stand up to support their wives, mothers, sisters, daughters. But the entire election was fueled by white supremacy (and Christian nationalism which are so intricately intertwined...) and that is what we need to be fighting against.
November 12, 2024 at 9:15 AM
rosalie-genova.bsky.social
New article out in Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work!

#moralinjury #harmreduction #addictionmed #socialworkispolitical
Abolition and Addiction Treatment: From Moral Injury to Moral Rebellion | Abolitionist Perspectives in Social Work
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February 6, 2026 at 9:15 PM
rosalie-genova.bsky.social
New post on arguments against forced #addiction treatment--and why it's such an uphill battle.

#harmreduction #addictionmed #therapistsky #socialworkispolitical
Right Arguments, Wrong Audience
The addiction treatment industry just can't quit coercion. Mandated (forced) treatment is a staple topic here because the industry relies on it, both financially (guaranteed revenue) and politically (...
www.acureforaddiction.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
rosalie-genova.bsky.social
I have a long-form essay on the #IDHA blog! On prioritizing people's autonomy in #substanceuse, from language to service options.

#therapistsky #drugsky #addictionmed #socialworkispolitical
Substance Use and Autonomy in Word and Deed — IDHA
It’s like a series of riddles. What experience has universal meaning but no agreed-upon name? What “deadly disease” do some people not mind having – or might not even exist? What service is out of rea...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
rosalie-genova.bsky.social
Motivational interviewing is a staple of #addiction treatment. Review of its limitations by a longtime practitioner:

#therapistsky #addictionmed #harmreduction #socialworkispolitical #m4a
Reader Request: Motivational Interviewing
"It was as if they were trying to use the techniques on clients, trying to hoodwink them into changing. The words were there, but the music was wrong." -William R. Miller, 2023 William Miller origin...
www.acureforaddiction.com
October 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
rosalie-genova.bsky.social
New post on barriers to #Medicaid enrollment for mental health providers. Ultimately it's a patient access issue!

#addictionmed #harmreduction #m4a #socialworkispolitical #maine #therapistsky
One Day I'll Be A Medicaid Provider
"I have tried so many times..." I feel really bad about the fact that I don't take Medicaid. (Here we call it MaineCare.) Providers and facilities not accepting Medicaid has created an artificial s...
a-cure-for-addiction.ghost.io
October 11, 2025 at 2:22 PM
rosalie-genova.bsky.social
I worked in mandated treatment for many years. I wanted to believe it "works"--but it usually doesn't.

See my roundup above and/or this report from @drugpolicy.org

#harmreduction #m4a #therapistsky #socialworkispolitical
Report: The Drug Treatment Debate: Why Accessible and Voluntary Treatment Wins - Drug Policy Alliance
For people to get the help they need, substance use disorder treatment must be voluntary, effective, affordable, accessible, and appealing.
drugpolicy.org
October 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
rosalie-genova.bsky.social
Why is #addiction treatment always done in groups? Just kidding--you already know why. Here's the problem.

#socialworkispolitical #harmreduction #therapistsky #addictionmed
Group, Group, and More Group
The classic visual for addiction treatment is a circle of chairs, like so: As little as most people know about our world, pop culture has this one right! Just about everything is done in groups—same ...
a-cure-for-addiction.ghost.io
October 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
rosalie-genova.bsky.social
New post on forced treatment, the July executive order and "dying with their rights on."

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#therapistsky #harmreduction #substanceuse #additionmed #m4a #socialworkispolitical #drugs
On "Dying With Their Rights On"
Does this look like someone with too many rights? The notion of people “dying with their rights on” comes from arguments for forced psychiatric hospitalization, dating back to the 1970s. As the rheto...
a-cure-for-addiction.ghost.io
September 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
rosalie-genova.bsky.social
New post on what to do with our moral injury as care workers. #socialworkispolitical #additionmed #M4A #therapistsky #recovery #harmreduction
The Opposite of "Letting It Go"
Last week’s post was about moral injury in addiction treatment. Earlier in my career I did not yet have this term to describe my distress, but I recognized that the system I worked in devalued my clie...
a-cure-for-addiction.ghost.io
September 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
rosalie-genova.bsky.social
New post on my moral injury as a substance use clinician. #therapistsky #socialworkispolitical #harmreduction #addictionmed #m4a #recovery
Moral Injury in Addiction Treatment
Moral injury is the psychological or spiritual pain of your morality being violated. Whether you have actively participated in, allowed, or only witnessed the acts in question, you are morally injured...
a-cure-for-addiction.ghost.io
September 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
rosalie-genova.bsky.social
Person-centered substance use care: No coercion, no standardized protocols, no catering to a bunch of outside authorities commanding the person to change.

Does this sound so outrageous that it just might work? (2/2)
#therapistsky #harmreduction #recovery #socialworkispolitical #M4A #addictionmed
A Cure For Addiction
Welcome! I’m Rosalie, or Rosey, and I’m a therapist in the specialty usually called “substance use disorders.” “Addiction” is a subjective experience, not a clinical label, and I find it more human th...
a-cure-for-addiction.ghost.io
August 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
rosalie-genova.bsky.social
First post in my series on addiction tropes. I call this one "addiction essentialism" rather than stigma or stereotyping.
#therapistsky #socialworkispolitical #harmreduction #M4A
Addiction Essentialism
This post is first in a series on how we talk about addiction. Stigma and stereotypes are never helpful. While perhaps this should go without saying, a strong contingent in the public mistakenly beli...
a-cure-for-addiction.ghost.io
August 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
rosalie-genova.bsky.social
New post on how pity operates in substance use policy and treatment
#therapistsky #socialworkispolitical #harmreduction #recovery #M4A
Addiction and Pity
This is post 2 of 3 in a series on how we talk about addiction. Last week’s post discussed the judgments and generalizations we are all familiar with. Today we turn to pity. Pity toward people with a...
a-cure-for-addiction.ghost.io
August 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
caseyscounseling.bsky.social
#transrightsarehumanrights #socialworkispolitical #lgbtqia+ #transrights
February 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
drkenyajohnson.bsky.social
Just touched down in Hartford Connecticut to attend the Nancy A. Humphries Institute for Political Social Work. A nice why to close out #BHM and usher in #womenshistorymonth and #socialworkmonth #socialworkISpolitical #evenmebook
February 25, 2026 at 6:50 PM
kerwn216.bsky.social
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February 3, 2026 at 6:36 AM
miunmaskedarchive.bsky.social
Anyone else guilty of collecting non-fiction work-related books that they never get to? I’m just getting out of burnout from a former high-stress job and am making it a priority to sort through these this year. #therapistsky #therapist #socialworker #socialworkispolitical
March 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
raizin58.bsky.social
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Hello my SC friends! When you call Lindsey Graham today (202-224-5972) ask him to oppose any appropriations bill that maintains funding to ICE and remind him he has 279 days left in office until @an...
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January 29, 2026 at 11:51 AM
socialworkermandi.bsky.social
Therapy does not fix being poor
I work with numerous people busting their ass;
- working long hours
-making DECENT wages
Still on Medicaid, Food Stamps/SNAP
living in their cars or motels (which = fast food since there are no kitchens).

#Homelessness #SocialWorkIsPolitical #TherapyDoesntFixPoor
July 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
nicknamethebolter.swifties.social
gm. love to my fellow empaths 💜 hang in there. i hope there’s some joy in your day today ✨
post from instagram with a dark black and purple background that looks like a galaxy with stars and a white rectangle in the middle with a post from threads in the middle. the post is: alvahorton 1h Good morning to my fellow empaths waking up with nearly debilitating dread. I see you. I hope your coffee tastes good. 65 likes 11 comments post consists of contributors: @bullcityanna, momsfornc, socialworkispolitical, democracyonthego and simonsaysvote
January 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
youngles.bsky.social
I can retire from threads now.
A screenshot of a thread post that says ACAB includes Elf On the Shelf with my post underneath it that says “and a cop” in reference to the quoted post in that “socialworkispolitical: Elf on the shelf is a republican…”
November 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
dividerdecider.bsky.social
Uniter
Bernie Sanders crowd reacts in real time to Iran bombing

Not. A. Popular. War.

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June 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM