Don’t Let Them: why social workers can’t afford passive self-help
About this episode
Vicki Shevlin discusses the implications of passive self-help narratives in social work.
This episode was unplanned but necessary. After receiving my Spotify Wrapped for the podcast, I noticed something that stopped me in my tracks: many listeners of Social Work Sorted were also listening to summaries of The Let Them Theory. In this episode, I unpack why the idea of “just letting them” doesn’t sit comfortably with me as a social worker, an advocate, or a human living in a collective world. While self-help narratives often encourage us to stop people-pleasing and focus inward, I e...
People in this episode
Host: Vicki Shevlin
Topics covered
- social work
- self-help
- advocacy
- people-pleasing
- collective world
Keywords
- social work
- self-help
- advocacy
- people-pleasing
- The Let Them Theory
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Let Them Theory
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