Emotions represent essential resources in social work practice; however, difficulties in regulating them remain insufficiently explored, particularly in non-Western contexts. This study aimed to examine emotional labor (EL) strategies and difficulties in emotion regulation (DER) among social workers (SWs) in Jordan. A cross-sectional design was employed using a structured questionnaire administered to a purposive sample of 132 SWs in Amman. The findings indicated that SWs reported relatively low