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Social Workers - Overland Park, KS

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Mr. James Alan Jennings, LSCSW

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Social Work

8826 Santa Fe Drive, Overland Park, KS

913-221-4949

Mr. James Jennings works as a social work specialist in Overland Park, KS.
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Ivette M. Arango, LCSW, LSCSW, CRAADC

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Addiction Therapy, Counseling, Social Work

10100 W 87th Street, Overland Park, KS

913-283-8905

Ms. Ivette Arango specializes in social work, counseling, and addiction therapy and practices in Overland Park, KS.

"I met with her quite a few times. Sometimes I'm a little slow to realize when something is not working out. When I initially met with her, there was just enough room in her office for each of us to get to a chair. The rest of the room was piled with all manner of stuff and it's not a small room. The last times I saw her, she was meeting patients in her tiny waiting room! Anyone could've been outside the door and heard everything we were talking about. VERY unprofessional! She had some story about being in the process of moving to a new office, which was her story for months, but the pile kept getting bigger. I'm guessing there just wasn't enough room in her office any longer. She's overbearing, talks on and on and on in a loud voice and doesn't listen. It's pretty bad when I keep zoning out when she is talking and when I have to keep saying to her "let me finish..." and when she is diagnosing my girlfriend, who she's never met and when we almost get into an argument about why we're not even talking about the issues I came in for months ago. I could go on. I would highly recommend you not waste your time with her. I know good therapists have months-long waiting lists these days, but it's worth it. I waited and I now have an amazing therapist and so relieved."

April 29, 2022
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Mr. John Richard Decarlis, LCSW-C

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Social Work

depression, career difficulties, relationship issues
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Mr. John Decarlis practices social work in Overland Park, KS.
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Mrs. Debra Jeanette Hartley, LSCSW

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Social Work

8400 W 110th Street, Overland Park, KS

913-491-3460

Ms. Debra Hartley works as a social work specialist in Overland Park, KS.

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What is Social Work?

Strongly influenced by the concepts of human rights and social justice, social workers are professionals that help vulnerable individuals, families, and groups in need. Social work can include a variety of different jobs or careers, but in essence it involves meeting people in their home environment, identifying the issues that are causing social problems for them, and connecting them with the right resources to improve their well-being.

Social workers may work for organizations, in hospitals, in schools, for the government, at senior centers, in private practice, or in any number of public or private institutions. Many social workers choose to work with specific populations, such as children, the elderly, or the poor. Often, social work is about creating healthy communities in order to improve the lives of all people.

Some of the issues that social workers may come up against in their profession include:

Violence
Poverty
Abuse
Discrimination
Illness and lack of access to healthcare
Drug and alcohol addiction
Divorce
Death and grief
Unemployment
Disability
Mental illness
Family dysfunction

Social workers are advocates for social change. They educate clients to prevent problems from occurring or worsening. They empower others to develop to their full potential.