“I guess the main thing is, as you know personally, because you've been there, it sounds like a daunting project. And it is a big project, I don't want to minimize it, but the sense of freedom and comfort and peace of mind that you can have when you do it, and that it gives your community, is very difficult to convey without more discussion about it. It's that it really provides more peace of mind, and that's the benefit for everybody.”
Dr. Ann Steiner
Featured on NASW’s podcast, Social Work Talks podcast, August, 2022. In this 38-minute conversation, Elisabeth Joy LaMotte, LICSW interviews Dr. Ann Steiner about the ethics code’s mandate for therapists to create a backup plan for those expected and unexpected absences. We discussed the benefits of having a professional will, touching on the rewards and advantages of creating a backup team I call an Emergency Response Team.