Category Archives: TOPIC

This top level category is the list of unique topics for resources in the Toolkit.

“The Other Wet Floor”

The Emotional Risks of Working in a Helping Profession

In this CARE4YOU 2024 session, JD Gilmour explores the “other” occupational risks of working in a helping profession: empathic strain, secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and moral distress.

June 2024

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The Pace of Change

CARE4YOU 2024 Closing Address

In this closing address for CARE4YOU 2024, Françoise Mathieu provides strategies and hope for teams looking to implement the lessons learned from this year’s conference.

June 2024

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The Balance Map

A Strategy to Take Stock

Françoise Mathieu outlines a tool to take stock and bring more balance to your professional and personal lives.

January 2024

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Un-Addiction

6 Mind-Changing Conversations That Could Save a Life

In this book, Dr. Nzinga Harrison explores the science, stigma, and truth around substance use. An insightful read from both a personal and professional perspective.

January 2024

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The Three Minute Breathing Space

Grounding Through Sounds, Sensations, & Breath

The Three Minute Breathing Space is a simple mindfulness exercise to reset before, during, or after a stressful event by grounding through sound, body sensations, and breathing.

November 2023

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Self-Care Questionnaire

Excerpt from Resilience, Balance & Meaning

This self-care questionnaire excerpted from Dr. Patricia Fisher's "Resilience, Balance & Meaning" workbook encourages you to reflect on your level of self-care in both your professional and personal life.

August 2023

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Identifying Your Warning Signs

Reflecting on Your Physical, Behavioural, & Emotional Signs of Overwhelm

This downloadable PDF helps you identify your top three warning signs of empathic strain and secondary traumatic stress.

August 2023

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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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CARE4YOU 2023 Closing Address

In this closing address for CARE4YOU 2023, Françoise Mathieu presents an overview of key strategies to become a secondary trauma-informed professional and offers some inspiring stories from the field.

June 2023

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What Do You Have to Quit in Order to Stay?

Strategies to Sustain Our Careers

In this CARE4YOU 2023 session, Dr. Brian Miller discusses the importance of noticing our narratives and cultivating realistic ways of improving our relationship to our job stress.

June 2023

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