Listen "Episode 27: Anna Nathanson, Safe Way Forward at Children's Aid"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, Lily Smith speaks with Anna Nathanson about how her career goals have shifted over the years, how she approaches working with clients with whom she doesn’t share a common identity, and how she adapted skills she learned in the Peace Corps to the work she does now.
Anna Nathanson is a social worker based in New York City. She works as a therapist at the Safe Way Forward program at Children’s Aid, where she supports families impacted by domestic violence, and at Resilience Lab, where she sees private clients. She specializes in issues of shame, accountability, racial identity exploration, reprocessing trauma, and self-compassion. Anna holds a master’s degree in social work from New York University and a BA in International Development Studies from McGill University. Previously, she worked as an agribusiness volunteer in Peace Corps Cameroon and as an eviction prevention case manager at Bronxworks Homebase.
For a full transcript of this episode, please email [email protected].
Anna Nathanson is a social worker based in New York City. She works as a therapist at the Safe Way Forward program at Children’s Aid, where she supports families impacted by domestic violence, and at Resilience Lab, where she sees private clients. She specializes in issues of shame, accountability, racial identity exploration, reprocessing trauma, and self-compassion. Anna holds a master’s degree in social work from New York University and a BA in International Development Studies from McGill University. Previously, she worked as an agribusiness volunteer in Peace Corps Cameroon and as an eviction prevention case manager at Bronxworks Homebase.
For a full transcript of this episode, please email [email protected].