Many providers working in the helping profession, engage in this type of work because they are compassionate and empathetic. However, high caseloads and repeated exposure to traumatic stories can affect their mental health over time, leading to burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma. But alongside concepts of vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue, it's important to recognize the strength and growth that providers derive from engaging in this type of work, and to also think about concepts of vicarious resilience and compassion satisfaction. This webinar will examine both the positive and negative impacts of trauma work.
After attending this webinar you will be able to:
- describe the risk factors for compassion fatigue and secondary trauma
- recognize warning signs of compassion fatigue and secondary trauma
- apply prevention and management strategies
- define “vicarious resilience” and reflect on how service providers may be positively affected by working with clients who are survivors of trauma.
Presenter:
Dr. Debra Stein is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health, where she co-leads the Migration Consultation Team, a teaching unit with expertise in issues of resettlement and acculturation. Dr. Stein has over 15 years of experience working alongside settlement counsellors at the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture, providing consultation and treatment to clients of all ages, with an emphasis on children, youth and families. She has lectured on various aspects of refugee mental health, including skills-based workshops for front-line workers, psychological trauma and parent-child attachment and the special needs of refugee youth. Debra is also a Subject Matter Expert for the CAMH Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Project.
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