Webinar Description

In today’s demanding professional landscape, many social workers navigate ethical dilemmas while battling burnout, moral distress, and systemic pressures. Traditional self-care advice often falls short, failing to address the deeper need for sustainability and resilience in ethical decision-making. Radical self-care through self-coaching offers a transformative approach—not as an indulgence, but as an act of resistance that safeguards integrity, fosters clarity, and strengthens professional well-being.

This webinar explores the connection between self-care, ethical practice, and professional sustainability through a coaching-based lens. Participants will engage in self-coaching strategies, reflective exercises, and guided discussions designed to deepen self-awareness, align actions with core values, and reframe internal narratives around self-care. The session will challenge the notion that prioritizing well-being is selfish, instead positioning it as a necessary foundation for ethical excellence.

Through an interactive session, participants will leave with a renewed understanding of radical self-care as an ethical responsibility and the tools to integrate it into their professional lives in a meaningful and sustainable way. Whether you are a social worker navigating systemic challenges or striving to maintain ethical clarity under pressure, this webinar will provide the insights and strategies needed to practice self-care as a form of resistance and radical self-compassion.

Learning Objectives

1. Understand Self-Care as a Form of Resistance – Explore how intentional self-care strengthens resilience and ethical integrity in challenging professional environments
2. Apply Self-Coaching Techniques for Ethical Navigation – Learn self-coaching strategies to stay aligned with values while managing external pressures
3. Create a Personal Self-Care Plan – Develop an actionable, sustainable self-care strategy that supports long-term professional well-being

Presenter

• Laurel Hitchcock, PhD, MPH, MSW, LICSW-S, ACCC - Dr. Laurel Iverson Hitchcock is a Professor of Social Work at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, specializing in social work education, technology, and interprofessional practice. With a passion for innovative teaching and ethical leadership, she integrates coaching principles into her work to support social workers and educators in navigating professional challenges with clarity and confidence. As a licensed clinical social worker and accredited coach, Dr. Hitchcock brings a deep understanding of ethical decision-making, professional resilience, and self-care.

Important note:

This on-demand webinar does not qualify for ASWB CE credits.