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Shara Ruffin
Social worker, Psychotherapist, USA
Biography
Shara Ruffin is a licensed social worker and psychotherapist at a partial hospitalization program in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She holds a bachelor of social work degree from the Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania and a master of social work from Howard University School of Social Work. She provides therapeutic support to enhance the lives of others with specializations in grief and loss, veteran behavioral health, mindfulness meditation, and trauma counseling. Shara is a member of several professional organizations including the National Association of Social Worker, International Association of Trauma (IAPT) and the Pennsylvania Society for Clinical Social Workers (PSCW). She is currently in the process of writing her first book, a memoir focused on her experiences of struggling with her own mental health, juggling single motherhood, while working on her own journey to happiness and stability.
Abstract
Abstract : In a military family..we all serve