Category Archives: Free

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Screeners for Health & Behavioral Health Professionals

Screening for STS, moral distress, stress, burnout, compassion satisfaction, & self-compassion

Screeners for health and behavioral health professionals to self-identify areas that may be an issue for them including secondary traumatic stress, moral distress, stress, burnout, compassion satisfaction, and self-compassion.

August 2023

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Hot Walk & Talk Postcard

This downloadable postcard outlines the steps of the Hot Walk & Talk protocol.

August 2023

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The Hot Walk & Talk Protocol

A Strategy for Supporting Others After an Upsetting Incident

The Hot Walk & Talk protocol is a strategy for providing support to others in the aftermath of a difficult or traumatic event.

July 2023

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Three Minute Breathing Space Postcard

A free, downloadable resource

A downloadable postcard that outlines a simple and quick mindfulness exercise.

May 2023

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The Window of Tolerance

The Window of Tolerance created by Dr. Dan Siegel is a useful tool for noticing, monitoring, and communicating the normal “ups and downs” of our emotions.

April 2023

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The Secondary Traumatic Stress Informed Organization Assessment (STSI-­OA)

Assessment Tool for Organizations

The STSI-OA is an assessment tool that can be used to evaluate the degree to which an organization is secondary traumatic stress informed.

April 2023

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The Professional Quality of Life Measure (ProQOL)

Self-Test for Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout, & Compassion Fatigue

The Professional Quality of Life Measure (ProQOL) is a free 30 question self-assessment test designed by Dr. Beth Stamm to evaluate burnout, compassion fatigue, and compassion satisfaction.

April 2023

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Real Self-Care

A Transformative Program for Redefining Wellness (Crystals, Cleanses, and BubbleBaths Not Included)

In this book, Dr. Pooja Lakshmin helps you to understand what a real practice of caring for yourself could—and does—look like.

March 2023

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Contributing Factors

Identifying Work-Related Stress

This model can help you to identify sources of work-related stress that may lead to burnout, secondary traumatic stress, empathic strain, or moral distress.

February 2023

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Communication Expectations for Remote Teams

Strategies to Reduce Information Overload

In this article, Françoise Mathieu shares four tips to manage communication expectations for remote workplaces.

February 2023

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Low Impact Debriefing

Four Steps to Safely Share and Process Difficult Experiences

This strategy allows us to share and process difficult stories and images while preventing sliming and unnecessary secondary trauma exposure.

January 2023

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Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress

Skills for Sustaining a Career in the Helping Professions

In this book, Dr. Brian MIller offers evidence-informed skills and strategies to regulate distressing emotions and to foster increased empathy for those suffering from trauma.

December 2022

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