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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW

@jbsinger.bsky.social
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Award-winning podcaster. #SWTech pioneer. Prof. Best-selling author (Suicide in Schools, Podcasting in Social Work Education). Suicidologist quoted in New York Times, Guardian, CNN. Family man. Tweeted as @socworkpodcast

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Jimmy Young, PhD, MSW, MPA @socialworkfuturist.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#NewPublication Alert ‼️ Social Work on Mars: A Narrative Foresight Analysis published in the journal of Technology in Human Services with @jbsinger.bsky.social #SWfutures #SWtech www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Social Work on Mars: A Narrative Foresight Analysis
Social Work on Mars employs narrative foresight to explore how social work might evolve in a post-terrestrial future shaped by technological innovation and moral adaptation. Narrative foresight use...
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NASW @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
🎉 BIG WIN! A significant victory for #SocialWork and #HigherEducation. The 11th Circuit upheld an injunction blocking key higher education provisions of Florida's Stop WOKE Act, allowing schools of social work to continue teaching critical topics related to diversity, equity & inclusion. #NASW
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I'm in awe of @pittssw.bsky.social Kyla Christensen's perseverance and grateful for Wilkinsburg Police Lt. Christopher Duncan for finally listening to her. Social worker trafficked after getting an MSW. Great read for #MSW and #BSW classes. www.post-gazette.com/news/social-...
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Beyond survival: A Pittsburgh woman’s long road to recovery and rebuilding after sex trafficking
At any given time, millions of men, women and children worldwide are exploited through human trafficking — a crime that involves the use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain some type of labor or com...
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
It was an honor to be invited back to the Ask Lisa Podcast to talk about teen depression & youth suicide. I talked about the surprising drop in youth suicide rates, how to talk with a younger sibling about a suicidal crisis, and much much more. #SocialWorkMonth drlisadamour.com/resource/tee...
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Teen Depression & Suicide in 2026: What's Different Now? With Dr. Jonathan B. Singer - Lisa Damour, PhD
The frightening topic of teen suicide is made worse by confusing headlines, evolving slang, and the fear of saying the wrong thing. But here's what you need to know: the research is cautiously hopeful...
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
To all my social work colleagues, we know. For everyone else, take a moment to thank your favorite social worker. #SocialWorkMonth
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Social Work Test Prep @swtp.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
New 1.25 CE course from instructor @jbsinger.bsky.social! www.swtpceus.com/courses/cbt-...
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CBT in Action: Practice Skills for Social Workers
Learn core cognitive behavioral therapy tools—including the ABC model, cognitive distortions, and structured session planning—to support effective, time-limited treatment. 1.25 CEs.
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
"what does it mean to privilege JOY in AI development?" @dupatton.bsky.social sharing his insights at #SSWR2026 @pennsp2.bsky.social
Large projected slide with a bright yellow-green background titled “Joy: What is it?” The slide lists bullet points defining joy as an emotional response to a perceived good, sometimes emerging after pain, grief, or collective struggle, and emphasizing that joy is not passive but cultivated through intentional practice. A tall black speaker stack partially blocks the right side of the slide, and a smaller teleprompter screen with partial text is visible below.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 15/01/2026
🎉 Can you believe Wikipedia is 25 years old? 🎂 A quarter-century of free knowledge—built on a simple but powerful idea: show your sources. That commitment to citations is one of our favorite things about Wikipedia. ℹ️📚🔍 🧵⬇️ (1/5) #Wikipedia25 #WikipediaDay @wikipedia.org
The white neoclassical building of the Internet Archive headquarters appears through blue jigsaw puzzle pieces with text: "Wikipedia 25. Happy Birthday from Internet Archive."
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Listening to @hsph.harvard.edu's Howard Koh give the #SSWR2026 opening plenary. He quoted his dad, "Be broad like the sky."
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Ian G. Williams @igraywill.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Enjoying a day of discussion & reflection at @howard.edu's Blackburn Center. Many familiar faces & good questions about science & social impact scholarship in the first panel, what constitutes "progress" towards ambitious goals & how to measure it. @jbsinger.bsky.social @njsmyth.bsky.social
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Ian G. Williams @igraywill.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Friday morning at #SSWR2026: a roundtable on philosophy of science perspectives w/ Beth Counselman-Carpenter, Melissa Thompson, & @jbsinger.bsky.social. This will to be a fun jam of ideas & viewpoints. @sswrorg.bsky.social sswr.confex.com/sswr/2026/we... #SWTech #CriticalAI
A flyer for the roundtable "More Than Prompt Engineers: Philosophical Perspectives on Generative AI in Social Work Scholarship."
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 06/01/2026
🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, COMPOSITION WITH RED, BLUE, AND YELLOW (1930) 🎨 🖼️ Piet Mondrian’s most iconic painting is Neoplasticism in refined form with primary colors, black lines, & asymmetrical balance distilled to essentials. Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai... #PublicDomainDay
Piet Mondrian’s Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow (1930), a square abstract painting with thick black horizontal and vertical lines forming a grid, white spaces, and a few rectangles filled with red, blue, and yellow.
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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Whereas this student is being empowered for making vague and unsubstantiated references to Biblical authority, I was once placed on TPUSA's Professor Watchlist for specifically citing Biblical authority in a paper outlining the Bible's concerns about concentrated wealth. You can't win.
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Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that pr...
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Hey y'all! I was really honored to be on the Intuitive Voice Podcast. I talked about my take on intuition and how it shows up in my #SocialWork, #SuicidePrevention, #podcast, and #Jazz. "Trust Your Gut: Intuition in Therapy, Jazz and Podcasting with Jonathan Singer, PhD".
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Trust Your Gut: Intuition in Therapy, Jazz and Podcasting with Jonathan Singer, PhD
Podcast Episode · The Intuitive Voice: The Art and Science of Knowing · 12/22/2025 · 37m
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
News Team,
Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier.
I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity.
Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one.
We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed
to kill the story.
If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, wehave effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient.
If the standard for airing a story becomes
"the government must agree to be
interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast.
We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state.
These men risked their lives to speak with us.
We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their
stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.
CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it.
When it fails to air without a credible
explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet.
I care too much about this broadcast to watch
it be dismantled without a fight.
Sharyn
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 22/12/2025
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
CBS paid the president of the United States millions in bribe money and now they censor news reports so it does not annoy him. I don’t know how much plainer we can put this.
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NASW @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
#NASW today delivered a petition to the U.S. Department of Education signed by more than 21,250 Social Workers that urges the agency to classify social work as a professional degree and not a graduate degree. Professional degrees carry higher federal student loan eligibility: tinyurl.com/7vtsccr8
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Hot of the press! New episode of the Social Work Podcast. Getting the Social Work Job You Want: Interview with Jennifer Luna, Michelle Woods, and Cindy Snell Cc: @naswsocialworkers.bsky.social socialworkpodcast.blogspot.com/2025/12/care...
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Getting the Social Work Job You Want: Interview with Jennifer Luna, Michelle Woods, and Cindy Snell
The first podcast by social workers for social workers. Big names talking about bigger ideas. 24/7/365.
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Fantastic blog by @sfreedenthal.bsky.social. a must read for anyone interested in the very complicated issue of suicide and conversational AI. speakingofsuicide.com/2025/12/10/c...
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Chatbots and Suicide: Both Sides of the Story
Two recent headlines show ChatGPT’s dramatic potential to harm or help people with suicidal thoughts: “Lawsuits Blame ChatGPT for Suicides and Harmful Delusions” (The New York Times) “Over 1 Million U...
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J. Gordon Wright @jgordonwright.com · 29/11/2025
Don't miss me, Leo, Eric, and the professors—@jbsinger.bsky.social & @laywilliams.bsky.social—as we bring the cheer this Thursday! #jazzsky
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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 29/11/2025
Our holiday show is coming up!
The Chicago Jazz Dads Holiday Show, Thursday, Dec 4, 6:30-8:30pm at Evanston Pour
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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Join @jgordonwright.com, @jbsinger.bsky.social, me, and the rest of the guys Thursday evening at Evanston Pour for our annual holiday show. Playing all the seasonal favorites!
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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
What better time to celebrate the amazing contributions of immigrants to American culture? Come join me, @jgordonwright.com, @jbsinger.bsky.social, and the @chicagojazzdads.com Thursday night at Evanston Pour.
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Betsy Langowski @superbetsy.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
I'm looking through my Macintosh user guide (the booklet that accompanied my 1984 Macintosh) for the first time in a while, and I'm a little obsessed with this graphic explaining scrolling.
A page from the “Learning Macintosh” chapter of the Macintosh user guide. It says “Most of the time, a window on the desktop can't show you the entire directory or document all at once, even when you've made the window very large. There's often more information than can fit in the window at one time.” With a MacPaint-generated papyrus scroll featuring a square demonstrating the visible content.
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Loyola University Chicago @loyolachicago.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Jamie Wittenberg as Dean of the University Libraries, effective January 1, 2026. Wittenberg brings extensive experience leading multi-institutional collaborations and advancing open-source technologies in library operations. More: bit.ly/47nZ6VA
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Jamie Wittenberg named dean of University Libraries
Wittenberg brings experience in library leadership, research data management, and open scholarship as the new Libraries dean at Loyola University Chicago.
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Christian Webb, PhD @christianwebb.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Thanks to @bbrfoundation.bsky.social for highlighting our lab's study (led by @hadarfisher.bsky.social & @nigeljaffe.bsky.social) using📱smartphone sensors + LLM-derived text ratings to track behavioral activation and symptom change in teens with anhedonia. bbrfoundation.org/content/smar...
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Smartphone Sensors + ChatGPT Successfully Tracked & Predicted Symptoms in Adolescents with Anhedonia | Brain & Behavior Research Foundation
The ubiquity of smartphones and the rapid advance and widespread public adoption of “AI” tools like ChatGPT (especially among the young) have raised hopes among some researchers that such technologies...
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Anya Kamenetz @anya1anya.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
I feel like starting a practice of posting this every day/week. This is global estimated deaths due to USAID -- the DOGE genocide. www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
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Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
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Sally Spencer-Thomas @sspencerthomas.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
New Headspace for the Workplace w Brad Anderson. Recovery wisdom = leadership wisdom. We discuss the paradox of anonymity, as well as the connection between humility & accountability. www.sallyspencerthomas.com/headspace/74 #Recovery #Leadership #HeadspaceForTheWorkplace @jbsinger.bsky.social
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
This is wildly illegal and he has no authority to do this
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The most recent reminder that we're living under an authoritarian administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...
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ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Join me for my talk at 2025 #NSWM Forward Thinking Summit on "AI Tools for Executive Leadership: Strategic Implementation for Social Service Organizations". Apparently lots of folks have signed up, so thank you! #SWTech #Ai #ExecutiveLeadership #SocialWork
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
The Daily: Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral #AI #SuicidePrevention www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/p...
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Trapped in a ChatGPT Spiral
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
New study from Maddy Gould found that suicidal behaviour identified using the C-SSRS, predicted future non-fatal suicide attempts. #SuicidePrevention #SocialWork
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Prediction of fatal and non-fatal suicide attempts by the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS): systematic review and meta-analysis - PubMed
Suicidal behaviour, suicide attempts and to a lesser extent suicidal ideation, identified using the C-SSRS, predicted future non-fatal suicide attempts. These findings support the use of the C-SSRS to...
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American Psychiatric Association @apapsychiatric.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
This review examined the level of evidence for specific school-based suicide prevention interventions. Improved outcomes were found for 10 interventions. More research is needed to build the evidence base for specific interventions demonstrating improved mental health outcomes. bit.ly/3VfEmtI
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
So excited! Finally got around to getting a copy of @lauranissen.bsky.social Anticipatory Social Work. global.oup.com/academic/product/anticipatory-social-work-9780197665190 #SWTech
Man wearing glasses holding the book Anticipatory Social Work.
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Judge Ginger Lerner-Wren @judgewren.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
thedig.howard.edu/all-stories/... @andydrc.bsky.social @drel-dbh.bsky.social @lorilevin.bsky.social @jbsinger.bsky.social @drmikeatwater.bsky.social @icarszoey.bsky.social
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Howard Community Provides Mental Health and Wellness Resources for Suicide Prevention Month
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and Howard University is working to address how suicide is impacting the Black community and provide helpful prevention resources.
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Stephen Vincent @chelseaman.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
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Sally Spencer-Thomas @sspencerthomas.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Mark your calendars: 9/8 is #988Day! Be part of nationwide movement promoting #988Lifeline & crisis support. Find more information about 988 Day & how you can get involved: 988lifeline.org/988-day/ @988lifeline.bsky.social @jbsinger.bsky.social @988canada.bsky.social #WorkplaceSuicidePrevention
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
This week brought wins on all fronts: Catelin Drey flipped a Trump district in Iowa and broke the GOP’s supermajority in the state senate. A federal judge protected Kilmar Abrego Garcia from deportation. And yes, even ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is about to be empty. Not bad for one week.
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I had a great time engaging in my selfcare Sunday night, playing with the @chicagojazzdads.com ( @laywilliams.bsky.social @jgordonwright.com, Leo and Eric) at @evanstonspace.bsky.social. Thanks to everyone who came out and supported us.
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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 26/08/2025
TODAY IN JAZZ: Miles Davis was brutally beaten by an NYC cop right in front of Birdland under a marquee bearing his name. #jazzsky #todayinjazz Fred Kaplan captured it well in this old @nymag.com article: nymag.com/news/feature...
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Fascinating article! Participatory propaganda in conservative comment sections primarily mobilizes conservatives while paradoxically lowering conspiracy beliefs among extreme liberals, thereby intensifying polarization from both ends. cc: @profhalloran.bsky.social @laywilliams.bsky.social
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‘Hook’-shaped polarization: how conservative super-commenters shape conspiracy beliefs and news engagement across the political spectrum
Conservative news comment sections are raising concerns about polarization. These sections have become hotbeds for participatory propaganda, as some conservative media outlets employ this strategy ...
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Brilliant youtu.be/d9jRC1c2vO4?...
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“We Only Have This One War Left.” — Europe and Zelenskyy Nod Politely for 45 Minutes
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Ever wondered why your clients seem stuck in the same relationship patterns? 🤔 Ep. 148 of the Social Work Podcast looks at what #psychodynamic theory tells us about human development. (Hint: Early relationships form "templates" that we re-enact throughout life.) #SocialWork #Podcast
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Psychodynamic Theory and Human Development: Interview with Dr. Terry Northcut
The first podcast by social workers for social workers. Big names talking about bigger ideas. 24/7/365.
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Brief and heartbreaking. "What my daughter told ChatGPT before she took her life." #SWTech #Suicide www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
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Opinion | What My Daughter Told ChatGPT Before She Took Her Life
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
"The Blueprint in Your Brain: How Your Past Shapes You" NotebookLM video based on Episode 148 with @loyolachicago.bsky.social's Dr. Terry Northcut: Psychodynamic Theory and Human Development. #SocialWork #SWTech
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The Blueprint in Your Brain: How Your Past Shapes You
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Jonathan B. Singer, PhD, LCSW @jbsinger.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Hot off the press! Episode 148: Psychodynamic Theory and Human Development: Interview with @loyolachicago.bsky.social's Dr. Terry Northcut. This episode offers profound insights into how psychodynamic theories explain why we are the way we are. socialworkpodcast.blogspot.com/2025/08/Nort...
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The Chicago Jazz Dads @chicagojazzdads.com · 11/08/2025
Happy birthday to our very own @jbsinger.bsky.social! Best drummer a jazz dad could hope for. #jazzsky
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