What To Know About Vicarious Trauma
Earlier this year, MiVAN released two Paper to Practice videos on vicarious trauma in advocacy. We love that advocates are finding these videos useful and informative, and we’re here to facilitate continued learning on this important topic! We’ve rounded up 10 more great webinars on vicarious trauma to keep the conversation going.
Vicarious Trauma Basics
Understanding Vicarious Trauma
August 2016 | 1 hour
Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVCTTAC)
“In this session, providers will develop an increased understanding of vicarious trauma and determine ways to develop resiliency and healthy coping skills for those providing care to recent victims of sexual assault.”
WHEN HELPERS NEED HELP: YOU CAN’T POUR FROM AN EMPTY CUP
May 2021 | 1.5 hours
Women’s Advocates
What is vicarious trauma, how do I know if I’m experiencing it, and how we can create space to tend to it? How can helpers draw boundaries and utilize the agency they have to prevent burnout and compassion fatigue? How do we support our own mental health while holding space for others?
Addressing Vicarious Trauma for the Individual
August 2018 | 1 hour
Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVCTTAC)
“Tips for identifying compassion fatigue and burnout. You can identify burnout when your job makes you feel unhappy, hopeless, exhausted, disconnected, or overwhelmed. You have to look at two elements: burnout and secondary traumatic stress.”
Preventing Vicarious Trauma
KEEPING YOUR CUP FULL: SELF-CARE IS ESSENTIAL TO TRAUMA INFORMED ADVOCACY
May 2020 | 1.3 hours
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
“Self-care is essential to providing trauma-informed advocacy. This webinar will offer strategies for dealing with daily work related stress, will increase awareness of the issue of vicarious trauma, and will provide ideas in order to gain organizational support to help sustain and support those working with survivors of trauma.”
Ask the Expert Series: Preventing Vicarious Trauma
August 2021 | 1 hour
National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC)
“Join us to discuss defining vicarious trauma, contributing factors to vicarious trauma, and strategies to stay healthy in our work including recognizing and managing vicarious trauma.”
PREVENTING COMPASSION FATIGUE: HONORING THYSELF
July 2016 | 45 minutes
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
”Every day victim advocates struggle with heart wrenching, painful stories that both fuel our passion for our work and keep us up at night. If we focus on serving others without taking care of ourselves, we are at risk of experiencing secondary traumatic stress disorder, better known as compassion fatigue. This webinar will provide valuable tools to identify the warning signs of compassion fatigue, and will help you develop techniques to replenish your spirit in order to properly honor yourself.”
Vicarious Trauma and Organizations
Vicarious Trauma in Tribal Organizations
November 2020 | 1.5 hours
National Criminal Justice Training Center (NCJTC)
“Gather basic knowledge about vicarious trauma within a tribal context and the impact on service providers’ health and well-being. During the webinar, we will explore how tribal programs and leadership can use the OVC Vicarious Trauma Toolkit to create more trauma informed, healthier work environments; a particularly important goal given existing challenges and stress imposed by the global pandemic.”
ESTABLISHING VICTIM SERVICES VICARIOUS TRAUMA RESPONSE COLLABORATIVES EXPERT Q&A
March 2022 | 1.25 hours
Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVCTTAC)
“While vicarious trauma is both a normal and inevitable response to working with victims of crime, there is growing recognition of the need to build trauma-informed organizations and supportive partnerships to mitigate the negative impacts of secondary trauma and expand opportunities to enhance resiliency.”
OVC’s VICARIOUS TRAUMA TOOLKIT Webinars
4 hours total
Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVCTTAC)
This is a 4-part webinar series from OVCTTAC on using OVC’s Vicarious Trauma Toolkit and becoming a vicarious trauma-informed organization.
Creating a Vicarious Trauma-Informed Organization: Strategies for Success
2018 | 1 hour
Office for Victims of Crime
“Experts Dr. Beth Molnar, Northeastern University, and Karen Kalergis, Northeastern University Consultant, provide an overview of the OVC Vicarious Trauma Toolkit and how to use the toolkit to help your organization become trauma-informed.”
