Burnout in Social Work Field Education

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Mary Powell, PhD, LCSW-R, NCPsyA is a licensed clinical social worker, nationally certified psychoanalyst, and intensively trained Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) therapist. She has a full-time private psychotherapy practice. She is an adjunct professor at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service. Dr. Powell has taught various courses in graduate social work programs since 2006. She has provided supervision and training on various topics in clinical social work to both practicing social workers and social work students for many years. She has presented her work at several local and national professional conferences and workshops. Before entering private practice and doctoral education, she worked at outpatient mental health settings as a clinical social worker. She is the author of Blue and Gold: A Bullying Memoir. Dr. Powell has held a strong interest in burnout among social workers and students and subsequently wrote her dissertation on the topic, entitled "Burnout, Role Ambiguity, and Coping Among Master of Social Work (MSW) Field Interns," which won the Reverend Dr. Nicholas Langenfeld Award for the Most Outstanding PhD Dissertation from Fordham University. She was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Contribution to Social Work Education by Adelphi University School of Social Work Field Education Department. She also received a Certificate of Achievement for Clinical Excellence from the New York State Clinical Social Work Society Metropolitan Chapter.

Linda Riggs Mayfield, Ed.D. holds bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in education, specializing in curriculum, assessment, and teaching and learning. She developed and tested the M4Q Test-taking Strategy. She has taught and written curriculum at every level, elementary through university, in the U.S. and Chile, primarily at the college and university level. She mentored student teachers for two universities. Dr. Mayfield has designed, conducted, and published educational research and presented her findings at local, regional, and national conferences. Since 2011, she has served as editor, co-author, and research, writing, and curriculum consultant for more than 30 master's and doctoral scholars, authors, and educators in the U.S., Chile, India, Singapore, and Australia. She also holds a degree in history and collaborated on a U.S. history textbook. She has served on the board of the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County in Illinois, contributes to a newspaper history column, and hosts a history website. She is the literacy outreach specialist for a community college in the Midwestern U.S. where she recruits and trains volunteer literacy tutors.

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Burnout in Social Workers.- Chapter 3 Burnout in Social Work Students.- Chapter 4 Role Ambiguity in Social Workers.- Chapter 5 Role Ambiguity in Social Work Students.- Chapter 6 Coping Strategies of Social Workers.- Chapter 7 Coping Strategies of Social Work Students.- Chapter 8 Preventing Burnout During Field Experience and Beyond.