39 min
Episode 11: Social Work and Family Violence Advocacy Social Work Amplified
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Join us for episode 11 of the Social Work Amplified podcast, where we will hear from Mary Beth Kopsovich, LMSW & Program Director at The Family Place, a Dallas-based organization seeking to empower victims of family violence, while working to end it through community engagement and advocacy.
Mary Beth is a Licensed Master Social Worker and the Program Director at The Family Place. After graduating with her undergraduate degree in women’s studies, she started working at a women’s shelter in 2004, and from there, she began to work her way up in the organization. It wasn’t until after realizing she was already doing the work of a social worker that she decided to go back to school to get her graduate degree in social work, to better her understandings and to refine her skills. Mary Beth has spent the last 17 years serving patients in mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities, providing street outreach to people living with HIV, and helping victims of domestic violence on their path from victimhood to survivorship. Her work in leadership roles in nonprofit organizations has allowed her to utilize her experience and talents to address domestic violence from a community and individual level.
In her spare time, Mary Beth has served as an expert witness on the issue of domestic violence for the Tarrant County Felony Intimate Partner Violence Unit for the Criminal District Attorney’s Office. She has also served on an executive committee for the Tarrant County Council on Family Violence. She is a past Woman of the Year awardee from the National Association of Professional Women and was also recognized by the Texas Governor’s Office as a Yellow Rose of Texas Award winner in 2013. Mary Beth has also served on various panels in Tarrant County, including panels in the faith-based community, Texas A&M Law School, Texas Christian University, and UT Southwestern. Mary Beth is also an adjunct Professor at The University of Texas at Arlington, who has taught a master’s level social work class titled “Intimate Partner Violence.”
Episode 11 of the Social Work Amplified Podcast highlights the ways that social workers can use macro practice and advocacy, to address the issue of family violence. Listen now to hear an interesting story about how Mary Beth used her macro social work skills to garner the support of an unexpected ally that would go on to lobby for legislation that would help to stop instances of family violence.
Join us for episode 11 of the Social Work Amplified podcast, where we will hear from Mary Beth Kopsovich, LMSW & Program Director at The Family Place, a Dallas-based organization seeking to empower victims of family violence, while working to end it through community engagement and advocacy.
Mary Beth is a Licensed Master Social Worker and the Program Director at The Family Place. After graduating with her undergraduate degree in women’s studies, she started working at a women’s shelter in 2004, and from there, she began to work her way up in the organization. It wasn’t until after realizing she was already doing the work of a social worker that she decided to go back to school to get her graduate degree in social work, to better her understandings and to refine her skills. Mary Beth has spent the last 17 years serving patients in mental health and substance abuse treatment facilities, providing street outreach to people living with HIV, and helping victims of domestic violence on their path from victimhood to survivorship. Her work in leadership roles in nonprofit organizations has allowed her to utilize her experience and talents to address domestic violence from a community and individual level.
In her spare time, Mary Beth has served as an expert witness on the issue of domestic violence for the Tarrant County Felony Intimate Partner Violence Unit for the Criminal District Attorney’s Office. She has also served on an executive committee for the Tarrant County Council on Family Violence. She is a past Woman of the Year awardee from the National Association of Professional Women and was also recognized by the Texas Governor’s Office as a Yellow Rose of Texas Award winner in 2013. Mary Beth has also served on various panels in Tarrant County, including panels in the faith-based community, Texas A&M Law School, Texas Christian University, and UT Southwestern. Mary Beth is also an adjunct Professor at The University of Texas at Arlington, who has taught a master’s level social work class titled “Intimate Partner Violence.”
Episode 11 of the Social Work Amplified Podcast highlights the ways that social workers can use macro practice and advocacy, to address the issue of family violence. Listen now to hear an interesting story about how Mary Beth used her macro social work skills to garner the support of an unexpected ally that would go on to lobby for legislation that would help to stop instances of family violence.
39 min