Vicarious Trauma Awareness & Resilience
Help your team understand how contact with the suffering of others can impact them, and what they can do about it.
Description
If you immerse yourself in the suffering and trauma of others at work, it is common to suffer emotional consequences. When these symptoms become severe and debilitating, we call it vicarious trauma.
Working in a refugee camp. Counselling others. Reviewing graphic material on social media. It can be an occupational hazard in many jobs. If you or your organisation lacks awareness of how vicarious trauma works, it can lead to burnout, cynicism and depression.
This training session will help staff understand how to manage and reduce the risk of vicarious trauma, and learn to take practical steps to develop their resilience.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
✅ Define vicarious trauma
✅ Identify its signs and symptoms
✅ Develop strategies for preventing and managing it
✅ Discover ways to build personal and collective resilience
AT A GLANCE
📍 Venue: In-person or online
⏰ Duration: 1 full day in-person / 2 half days online
🎓 Learning Style: presentations & group discussion
👥 Perfect for: Anyone who regularly works with people who have experienced suffering and trauma
💬 We say: “Recognising the potential impact of trauma is the starting point for defending yourself against it – and it creates the possibility for growing through trauma too.”
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