Early Career Social Work August Meet-up (Saturday, August 29, 2026)

Sat, 29 Aug 2026 20:00:00 GMT

Early Career Social Work August Meet-up
Colada Shop | 1900 N St NW, Washington, DC 20036
Saturday, August 29, 2026 | 4:00 PM-6:00 PM

You're Invited!
Early Career Clinician Meetup

Join us for a casual social gathering designed to help newer clinicians in the area connect, share experiences, and build community. Whether you're still in school or in your first few years of practice, this is a great opportunity to meet peers, ask questions, and feel supported.

There’s no cost to attend, but you're welcome to grab a drink or bite to eat once you arrive. We'll have a sign so you know where to find us.

We’d love to see you there!

Defining Your Clinical Style: 7 Foundational Concepts (Friday, September 11, 2026)

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Presenter: Robert Taibbi (VA), LCSW

DC, VA, MD Social Work -- Category 1 | 2.0 CEUs

Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in is DC, Maryland, and Virginia to sponsor social work continuing education learning activities and maintains full responsibility for this program.

NBCC Approved Continuing Education Provider -- 2.0 Credit Hours

Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7880. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Like it or not, each clinician develops a clinical style, a blend of personality and skills, and, like any style, one built on certain foundational concepts. In this workshop, I offer my own set of concepts, both clinical—relationship triangle, emotional wounds, anxiety style, Bowen differentiated self—and the mechanics of running a practice—treatment maps, stuckpoints, seeing problems as bad solutions—that shape what happens in the room.

Through vignettes and discussion, the goal is to provide food for thought, shake up your assumptions and thinking, and offer something to bounce your own style off of. The hope is that it helps you not only learn something new but, more importantly, more clearly define your own way of working.

Workshop Objectives:

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

Describe the relationship triangle & emotional wounds, and their application to relationships.
Define the 3 major anxiety styles and how they affect diagnoses.
Describe how process shapes problems and implications for clinical practice.
Describe how treatment maps increase the effectiveness and efficiency of clinical treatment

About the Presenter:

Robert Taibbi is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 50 years of experience primarily in community mental health working with children, couples and families as a clinician, supervisor and clinical director.

He is the author of 13 books in the areas of anxiety, family and couple therapy, brief therapy, clinical supervision, as well as over 300 magazine and journal articles. He writes an online column for Psychology Today entitled Fixing Families that has received over 21 million views, as well as regular contributions to several online mental health websites and advice columns.

In addition, Robert provides trainings both nationally and internationally in couple therapy, family therapy, brief therapy, and clinical supervision. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and the University of South Carolina, and has served as adjunct professor at several universities. He is currently in private practice in Charlottesville, VA.

Greater Washington Society for Clinical Social Work upcoming events

Early Career Social Work August Meet-up (Saturday, August 29, 2026)

Defining Your Clinical Style: 7 Foundational Concepts (Friday, September 11, 2026)