Preventing Vicarious Trauma
For some staff, the risks of secondary trauma and burn-out are extremely high due simply to the nature of their work. These staff often need extra resources and protection to secure their mental wellbeing.
Vicarious trauma can result from continued exposure to the trauma of others. People in certain occupations, such as first responders, social workers, some media reporters and others in helping professions, are at greater risk of developing vicarious trauma. This is because they are regularly dealing with highly emotional and challenging situations or people.
For many of these workers, staff work in an environment of sustained high pressure and emotional vulnerability.
Our 2-hour workshop on Vicarious Trauma assists staff in high-risk occupations to better safeguard themselves and their colleagues against cumulative stress and vicarious trauma. It helps staff understand the potential impact of their work on their wellbeing, and introduces strategies to combat undue stress or trauma responses.
Key Components
The workshop will cover the following elements:
Outcomes and Benefits
Participants gain:
Organisations gain:
Testimonials
Previous participants of these workshops have commented that:
“It was helpful for us not just in terms of vicarious trauma – but in general terms of recognising stress, which we now understand creates a heightened risk of suffering these symptoms”
“We were engaged throughout the session. It was a true discussion with exercises.”
“Our facilitator created a very welcoming environment where I felt comfortable to share my thoughts”
“Vital training for journalists”
“I have done many sessions relating to vicarious trauma and I found this to be the most useful in terms of what we can do practically to manage our thoughts, emotions and behaviours“
Contact us today to book your in-house workshop.
Related Courses
Complementary programs include Building Resilience, Understanding Grief, and Working with Challenging Customer Behaviour. We are also able to develop value programs using a Mindfulness framework as a powerful methodology to support staff in high-risk roles.
Contact us today to discuss your Corporate Workshop needs.
“What fantastic training provided on mental health in the workplace and the importance of educating and empowering our staff on this topic. The team thoroughly enjoyed the workshop which was engaging and lead by the fantastic Katherine Wagner. Thank you Associated EAP.”
“We have done several training programs with Associated Employee Assistance Providers and have always found the service and consultation of an extremely high standard.”
“Katherine presented to our team of 40 staff at our annual staff symposium and it was absolutely fantastic. Katherine was engaging and really helped all staff members relate better to each other. We were so impressed we wanted her back for a conference of 150 medical practice managers which also went really well. Very happy with the resources provided by Associated Employee Assistance Providers who helped arranged both the above plus follow up articles. Highly recommended.”
“Effective and caring advice delivered in an easy to digest method.”
