Category Archives: TOPIC

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

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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Help for the Helper

Preventing Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma in an Ever-Changing World

In this book. Babette Rothschild examines the literature to explain how therapists suffer from an excess of empathy for their clients and presents strategies for dealing with burnout and stress.

December 2022

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The Stress Prescription

Seven Days to More Joy and Ease

In this book. Dr. Elissa Epel offers a seven-day plan of science-based techniques that can help you harness stress through more positive challenge and purpose. 

December 2022

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Gratitude Practice

10-Minute Guided Meditation

Diana Tikasz presents a short guided meditation to increase feelings of gratitude and thankfulness.

November 2022

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Hear Me, Protect Me, Support Me

Feeling Supported At Work

What are the necessary elements to feeling supported at work? In this discussion, Françoise Mathieu and Diana Tikasz share recommendations to counteract workplace cynicism and disengagement

November 2022

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The Burnout Challenge

Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs

In this book, Christina Maslach and Michael P. Leiter provide useful tools for identifying the signs of employee burnout and offer practical, evidence-driven guidance on implementing meaningful change.

November 2022

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Moral Distress

When We Can’t Do the Right Thing

What is moral distress? In this video, Françoise Mathieu and John Borthwick share strategies to gain clarity about our role as helping professionals working in complex workplaces.

October 2022

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The Myth of Normal

Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture

In this book, Dr. Gabor Maté and his son Daniel Maté untangle common myths about trauma and offer a guide for health and healing.

September 2022

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The “Great Resignation”

Strategies to Process Loss In the Shifting Landscape of Work

Headlines have been dominated with stories about staffing shortages in healthcare and many other professions. In this discussion, Françoise Mathieu and Diana Tikasz discuss the shifting landscape of work and processing the grief of what was lost during the pandemic.

September 2022

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Feet on the Floor

Grounding & Centering Micro-Skill

Diana Tikasz presents a simple grounding technique that can be used before, during, or after a stressful event.

September 2022

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Two faded and painted rocks with the messages "Stay Safe" and "Thank you to all LT workers for all the..." written on the front.

We Need to Talk

Why There Can Be No “Future Forward” Until We’ve Done the Work

We need conversations and time to process the many ways in which the pandemic has impacted us. Only then can we move forward.

August 2022

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It’s Not Just Bovines Who Chew the Cud

Understanding Rumination

Rumination can be destructive to our work and life when we feel helpless to escape this cycle of repetitive thoughts. In this discussion, Françoise Mathieu, Diana TIkasz, and Dr. Jennifer Russel explore the concept of rumination and share strategies to interrupt the cycle.

August 2022

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