Rooted in experience.
Informed by practice.
A space created for social workers and helping professionals to reflect, grow, and continue becoming the clinicians they were called to be.
Rooted in Experience
The human behind the profession
“How do I care for others without losing connection with myself?”
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The growth of the clinician
“How do I continue becoming the clinician I want to be?”
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Purpose and impact
“How do I create impact while remaining grounded?”
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Meet Daniela
A clinician writing for clinicians.
Daniela J. Trotman is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, author, and educator, and the creator of Rooted & Informed. She built this space because social workers are rarely met as whole people: capable clinicians and human beings at the same time.
Her work honors the humanity behind the helping profession, offering the education, language, and tools she needed early in her own career and could not find in one place.
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Author
- Educator
The Collection
Books written from inside the work.
Stay Rooted
Reflections on identity, boundaries, burnout, faith, and healing.
Honest writing about social work experiences, clinical identity, and the life that continues outside the profession.
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Stay Informed
Practical tools for the work grad school only introduced.
Free, download-ready guides and worksheets for MSW students and practicing clinicians. Career planning, licensure, documentation, and wellbeing, written for the realities of practice.
Stay Engaged
Community, leadership, and advocacy for the profession.
Conversations and future programs for clinicians who want to create meaningful change without losing themselves in the process.
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Real resources. Real talk. For social workers doing the work.