Understand the nature and impact of vicarious trauma and learn strategies to reduce your risk of experiencing it.
Psychological trauma can occur when a person is unable to cope with a distressing or overwhelming event.
Clinicians, frontline staff, supervisors, managers and other professionals can experience vicarious trauma when hearing about another person’s trauma and witnessing their associated distress. Over time, this work-related exposure to clients’ trauma can have a significant impact on health and wellbeing.
This workshop will explore different types of trauma, and how they can impact staff and organisations. Factors that enhance and undermine resilience will be discussed. We will also outline strategies that you can use to manage vicarious trauma and maintain your wellbeing at work, and at home.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this workshop, you'll be able to:
- understand the nature and impact of vicarious trauma
- identify tools for monitoring your own and others’ personal and professional wellbeing
- identify strategies to reduce your risk, and the risk of others, of experiencing vicarious trauma
- recognise the signs and symptoms that may indicate vicarious trauma is affecting your wellbeing and work
- incorporate practices that support resilience and sustainability into your work routines.
Ideal for
Organisations, employees and clinicians from all sectors who work with or support clients who are experiencing challenging circumstances.
About the presenter
Jeff Roberts is a clinical psychologist with more than 15 years’ experience in counselling and mental health settings across Australia and internationally. Jeff specialises in men's health and is also experienced working with LGBTIQA+ communities on a range of different issues including depression, anxiety, sexual health and interpersonal issues. He is highly experienced in performing IQ, personality and memory testing. Jeff is also experienced in coaching, training and leadership development within the corporate sector.
Registration information
- When you register, you'll be taken to our payment gateway to complete your registration. A new account will be automatically created for you in our Learning Management System (Moodle).
- Registrations for scheduled workshops close 48 hours before the event.
- Workshops must be paid for at least 2 business days before the training date, or your registration will be cancelled.
- If paying by invoice, proof of payment needs to be provided at least 24 hours ahead of the event.
Training Workshops Cancellation Statement [PDF, 1MB]
Other information
Please note that you'll need access to the following to participate in this workshop:
- Desktop or laptop computer
- Reliable internet connection
- Headphones recommended
- Microphone/speakers
- Webcam (built in or external to your computer)
Contact us
Training and Development Team
Phone: (03) 8573 2222
Email: [email protected]