Journaling Throughout The Year

Journaling has been one of the most impactful parts of my learning throughout my masters. It has allowed me space to reflect upon my learning, unpack its applications and how I have seen specific topics play out in clinical work and explore how to apply what I learn towards building my social work practice. I feel this medium has allowed me to explore ethical dilemmas, my own biases and much more. In my undergraduate social work degree I was told that praxis was a key part of a strong social workers practice. I see praxis as the ability to take a theory or concept and apply it to practice. It is the act of engaging in the idea, applying it to practice and then honing it in a practical way to make the concept or theory as useful and relevant as possible. I have included some of the journals I have done in this class that have been the most eye opening to me and that I feel are a showcase of using a praxis reflective practice.