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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.

πŸ’» Available as an e-learning course soon

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

βœ… Define vicarious trauma

βœ… Identify its signs and symptoms

βœ… Develop strategies for preventing and managing it

βœ… Discover ways to build personal and collective resilience

AT A GLANCE

πŸ“ Venue: In-person or online

πŸ’» E-learning version? Coming soon!Β Join our mailing listΒ to be the first to know.

⏰ Duration: 1 full day in-person / 2 half days online

πŸŽ“ Learning Style: presentations & group discussion

πŸ‘₯ Perfect for: Anyone who regularly works with people who have experienced suffering and trauma

πŸ’¬ 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.” 

FURTHER READING

πŸ“– Our resource on vicarious trauma

Testimonials

“What Thrive offers is the opportunity to reflect and understand what you’ve gone through, and a pathway to go through a healing process.” – Dawn, Country Director, ZOA

“This training is a must for everyone in the sector.” – Aurelie, Humanitarian Consultant

β€œA lot of our team work daily with Ukrainian colleagues who are experiencing the trauma of war and I was keen to have a facilitated space with an external professional to help us explore the impact of this. The Vicarious Trauma training was a really helpful and valuable opportunity for our team to spend all day together; taking a step back from our day-to-day tasks and having someone lead us through activities and discussions to help us think through the work that we do and the context and difficult circumstances that we’re exposed to daily. The facilitator was brilliant and led the session in a really comfortable and professional way. This helped us have open and constructive, albeit challenging, conversations. We also came out of the session with tangible actions for what we can do to support the wellbeing of our team into the future.” – Mark, Depaul International

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