Traumatic events affect many more people than those directly exposed: witnesses, loved ones, rescue personnel, people who identify with a particular characteristic of the event, and helpers, including psychotherapists who help their clients recover from traumatic events.
Symptoms of vicarious trauma resemble those of trauma and can negatively affect the body, one's emotional life, one's cognitive and spiritual frame work, and one's social and relational life.
Ironically, the more we, as psychotherapists, are open and sensitive towards our clients who have suffered trauma, the more we can be at risk to experience vicarious trauma ourselves.
As a valued SP graduate, we want to exclusively invite you to the next Live-Speaker SPIPA event on Thursday, April 17, 2025.
Staying Strong and Open – From Vicarious Trauma to Resilience and Growth
Presenters: Brigitta Karelis, MA, LPC and Darlene Cohn, PhD
Date: Thursday, April 17th, 2025
Times: 12:00-2:00pm MT
Location: SPIPA, Live, Online
In this webinar, we will discuss origins and effects of vicarious trauma, and explore somatic, emotional, cognitive and communal ways of working with them. Our guiding question will be, how to stay open and compassionate towards the suffering of others while maintaining, even increasing, our resilience and strength.
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