Patients, Practitioners, and Passing Legislation: Selections & Connections from
THE
CLINICIAN
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE NEW YORK STATE SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL SOCIAL WORK
IN THIS ISSUE
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PATIENTS
Always on the Cutting Edge of Care
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PRACTITIONERS
Navigating Logistics
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PASSING LEGISLATION
Lobbying and Legal Battles
About NYSSCSW
T
he New York State Society for Clinical Social Work, or NYSSCSW, is an association of private clinical social work professionals who advocate for the interests of clinical social work and high quality care. Since its formation in 1968, the NYSSCSW has garnered a series of legislative victories for insurance reimbursement, two-tier licensing, and higher minimum competency requirements. Their lobbying legitimized social work as an mental health profession.
In 2006, Marsha Wineburgh, DSW, LCSW-R, began a transfer of materials to the University Libraries, M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives. The resulting collection is known as the New York State Society for Clinical Social Work Records. This exhibit highlights selections of a publication included in the collection’s offerings in connection to their advocacy.
About The Clinician
The Clinician is the official newsletter of the NYSSCSW. Its original title was the CSSW Newsletter, then briefly the CSSWP Newsletter before being renamed The Clinician in Summer 1995. Regardless of name, the newsletter has remained a brief but thorough survey of issues and current events impacting clinical social workers.
The New York State Society for Clinical Social Work Records includes print (as well as some online) issues of The Clinician dating back to 1974.
Content Warning
This digital exhibit features articles whose topics and language some may find triggering. Reader discretion is advised.
Acknowledgements
Materials from the M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives
Curated, designed, and authored by Cheyenne Watson
The M. E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives would like to thank Marsha Wineburgh, DSW, LCSW-R and the New York State Society for Clinical Social Work for the donation of these records, without whom this exhibit would not be possible.