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Secondary Trauma and How to Reconcile its Impact

THIS WORKSHOP IS FREE! AVAILABILITY ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. Capacity: 90 participants.

Workshop 1C: Secondary Trauma and How to Reconcile its Impact

As human beings, we are affected by our surroundings. When exposed to hardship, crises, stressful circumstances, and/or trauma we attempt to make sense of what we see, hear and experience the best we can. In this workshop we explore how we are impacted by our society, work and/or careers. Through a larger backdrop of systematic oppression and liberation theory, we come to understand the shifts that occur in us personally and professionally and why we adapt the way we do. The discussion focuses on how to reconcile what we experience in our work and the world around us in a way that is both compassionate and honest as well as accountable and sustainable. Whether one may be experiencing fatigue, cynicism, guilt, a sense of not doing enough or any other number of consequences of demanding work, we come to understand how we can make choices that will allow us to interact with our work and our lives in such a way as to remain true to ourselves and those we serve. While respecting the seriousness of the issues at hand, this path incorporates much humor and a profound sense of hopefulness by drawing on a broad base of clinical approaches, social justice theory and spiritual traditions. This workshop has been conducted locally, nationally and internationally for a dizzyingly broad array of workers including public health agencies, domestic violence workers, the humane society, the United States air force, firefighters, educators, human rights advocates, public health workers, immigrant and refugee attorneys, doctors and nurses and many others with a commitment to their field and their communities.

Presenter: Laura van Dernoot Lipsky, Author of Trauma Stewardship, Seattle, WA