Prescription for Joy
Ruth helps mental health professionals learn how to prioritize
and maintain their own quality mental health!
Ruth helps mental health professionals learn how to prioritize
and maintain their own quality mental health!
Ruth Williams, LCSW is not only a social worker by profession but a social worker at heart. This field found her four decades ago! Being valedictorian of her high school class of 500 and having the brain of a mathematician, social work may not have been the "logical" choice. Her natural warmth and compassion for people of all ages, nature, photography, music and her spirit brought her first to psychology, then social work. She calls other mental health professionals "my people"!
Being a clinical social worker for so many years can take a toll!
And, yes, life "happens" to us as well.
Ruth is often asked, “How can you keep doing this work?” She’s found ways to keep doing the work, despite its inevitable emotional challenges. She chose to take her message to a larger audience, first through writing “The Prescription for Joy,” and now sharing with students and fellow professionals ways to take excellent care of themselves to avoid burnout.
There is a huge need for mental health professionals -
especially those who can remain mentally healthy!
Ruth is fun, funny, creative, spontaneous. One of the reasons she landed in Nashville, TN was a love for music and songwriting. Music is still a passion - she still plays with other oldsters (mostly therapists!) in a garage band a couple of times a month, wailing a Bonnie Raitt tune or harmonizing, while playing the guitar or sometimes the congo drums.
Self-care is a priority for survival in this profession and for Ruth! She practices what she preaches (for the most part!) People are part of her self-care, being a self-proclaimed “flaming extrovert.” She is literally energized, being with others. Invite “the un-doctor Ruth” (AKA Mama Ruth) to come ignite your audience with a little spark of her energy and enthusiasm. She is “full of it” herself (i.e., JOY!) and her energy is contagious! Those who hear her speak or attend her seminars will learn how to fill their tanks and keep them full so that they can keep doing the amazing work they’ve chosen to do. They are SO needed in this world!
Life is challenging! The field of mental health is extra challenging! Those who choose this profession are ready to change the world, make a difference in the lives of others! Ruth has brought what she’s learned in her decades of experience PLUS her own unique approach to self-care to create her Prescription for Joy! Choosing a profession where giving is the theme, you MUST learn how to give to yourself. Ruth’s Joy Prescription is a place to start learning to care for yourself and enJOY life more thoroughly,
while making a difference!
Here's the Joy RX!
Research continues to show that stress can often be a contributing factor in disease (dis-ease) or ill health. We experienced a massive health crisis in our nation (and world). Plus, there are multiple problems (individual to global), which are affecting us mentally and emotionally (and, yes, even spiritually) on a daily basis! Learning how to de-stress not only makes life more enJOYable, but can actually strengthen one's immune system and resistance to disease. We all deserve to be healthier - in body, mind, and spirit.
Ruth helps lead the way.
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