So, you didn’t receive a hard hat at orientation? a look at secondary traumatic stress and resiliency

Hirsh-Wright, Allegra B.

Saturday, March 21, 2015: 9:50 AM-11:10 AM

Room 15 (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speaker:
Allegra B. Hirsh-Wright, LCSW, RYT, Maine Behavioral Healthcare

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Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Be able to describe the distinctions between compassion satisfaction, burnout and secondary traumatic stress.
Be able to identify secondary traumatic stress reactions in themselves and others
Acquire strategies to help manage secondary traumatic stress reactions and increase personal resiliency.

Description:
So, you didn’t receive a hard hat at orientation? And what does a hard hat have to do with my work with domestic violence, anyhow? Just like in construction work, those in the helping profession face occupational hazards. This session will explore one particular occupational hazard for those working with families affected by domestic and sexual violence: secondary traumatic stress, what it looks like in yourself and other providers, how to effectively manage its impact and how to increase resiliency.