About Sheena...

I would like to introduce myself while also letting you know my Why for starting Work Talk Academy...

I have been a social worker for 30 years now.  23 of those years, I have been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).  21 of those years, I have been a social work leader, with a team as small as 20 staff to a team as large as 100 staff (with delegation, of course!).  For the past 5 years (2021-2026), I have been a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP)

In the past 5 years, our world has changed drastically, and the trauma I have witnessed has not just been with clients but with staff, employees, and even myself, through the work we do, and how we respond to the work we do.  The Central Nervous System is an important part of our responses.

I forgot to mention I also became a Certified Facilitator of Difficult Conversations in 2020 (believe it or not finished in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic) How appropriate, when we needed to have difficult or crucial conversations about work during the pandemic and after.  Today in a vastly changing, uncertain, AI driven world, we need a place to talk about how we can be better while we do better.

Work Talk Academy is that place to talk and then take action for better outcomes.  Below are 3 principles that Work Talk Academy stands by