mental health

Welcome to The Practice Space, where we will meet at the intersection of meditation and clinical practices to explore ideas and skills that will help to support us in our professional practice.

In this two-episode series, Katherine Nulicek, MSH, interviews experts from the Center for Practice Transformation and Minnesota Alternatives about harm reduction and person-centered strategies to help child welfare workers.

Child welfare workers are often placed in the difficult position of needing to protect vulnerable children while supporting caregiver recovery.  Perhaps the old idiom, “stuck between a rock and a hard place” characterizes these dueling responsibilities.  Parents and caregivers in the grips of an addiction or struggling with mental illness need broad support to live their way into recovery, AND, children need to be protected. The work of child welfare is supporting the whole family toward health and wellness where each member has their important needs met.