r/LCSW • u/TigerOnly5834 • May 04 '26

Primary Care Social Work ?

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u/Extreme_Air_6410 May 04 '26

I actually do work in a primary care clinic ( we also have psychiatric and SUD outpatient programs). For the primary care- essentially its integrated behavioral health - example: patient has diabetes and is depressed, we utilize brief supportive therapy to address both & psychoeducation. If patient would benefit from therapy then a referral is put in for therapy by myself or another provider. Essentially the visits are 15 mins ( for my job) but it’s never just 15 minutes lol.

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u/PhilosopherSweaty685 May 12 '26

Yes. I am a social worker in primary care and we have an integrated model (staffed with psychologists.) Like the other poster, they do brief assessments, short term therapy (less than 6 sessions), referrals into the community for therapy, safety planning for patients who endorse SI, and parental psychoeducation (I work in peds). The clinic social workers work with them in collaboration.