Coming Home to Secondary Traumatic Stress
I recently had a challenging week managing my secondary traumatic stress…
The Venn Diagram Tool: Identifying Your Risk Factors for Work-Related Stress
As helping professionals, we experience stress and trauma on a daily basis. It…
Signs & Symptoms of Empathic Strain and Secondary Traumatic Stress
Learning to recognize your signs and symptoms of empathic strain and secondary…
Low Impact Debriefing: Four Steps to Protect Yourself & Others
How do you debrief after you have heard or seen hard or disturbing things? Do…
Unspoken Impact of Trauma on First Responders by Michael V. Genovese
Michael V. Genovese, M.D., J.D., is the chief medical officer of Acadia…
Reducing Unnecessary Trauma Exposure in Service Providers
Many years ago, when my dear friend Robin Cameron and I developed our very…
Warning Signs of Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue
Learning to recognise one’s own warning signs of compassion fatigue (CF) and…
Tools to Reduce Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue
“What can I do personally and professionally to reduce the negative…
Secondary Traumatic Stress and the Ottawa Shooting
Many people were directly impacted by the events in Ottawa last week - most…