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Jan 2025
17m 10s

Social Work, Lies and Traitors

Vicki: Social Work Sorted
About this episode
As social workers, how often do we hold the expectation that people should tell us the truth? How does that contradict with our mainstream entertainment, a tv show that is focused on lies and deception? In this short episode I'm inviting you to think about why people lie, and why we should avoid taking it personally as social workers. Recommended readin ... Show More
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