Category Archives: Secondary Traumatic Stress

Trauma Stewardship

An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others

In this book. Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers simple practices to develop mindful presence while working in a helping profession.

April 2020

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Breathe, Reset, Refuel. Rinse, Repeat.

How Much Self-Care is "Enough?"

I have been thinking a lot about energy and pacing lately. More specifically, I have been reflecting on the fuel that we put in our tanks with the aim to do our best at work, to care for our loved ones and to get a few (or many) of the grown-up things off our list. I don’t know about you, but I think that, although being an adult has many perks – like eating what we want, when we want (toast for dinner! Popcorn for breakfast!) and going to bed early or staying up too late to watch our favourite [...]

January 2019

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Resilience, Balance & Meaning

Supporting Our Lives and Our Work in High Stress, Trauma-Exposed Workplaces

In this workbook, Dr. Patricia Fisher provides practical tools to address the effects of workplace stress, burnout, and trauma and offers a framework to creating a personal wellness plan.

September 2016

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The Body Keeps the Score

Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

In this book, Dr. Bessel van der Kolk explains how trauma reshapes both body and brain and how it can compromise the capacity for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust.

September 2015

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First Responder Mental Health

Compassion Fatigue Education for Paramedics

Françoise Mathieu discusses post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), compassion fatigue, burnout, and complex stress as it relates to first responder mental health.

April 2015

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Beyond Kale and Pedicures

Can We Beat Burnout & Compassion Fatigue?

There is a growing frustration at working in a system that feels broken - and no amount of kale and yoga can fix that overnight.

April 2015

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The Compassion Fatigue Workbook

Creative Tools for Transforming Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Traumatization

In this workbook, Françoise Mathieu provides strategies and activities to identify and transform compassion fatigue and vicarious traumatization.

January 2012

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Transforming the Pain

A Workbook On Vicarious Traumatization

In this book, Dr. Saakvitne and Dr. Pearlman provide self-assessment tools, guidelines and activities for addressing vicarious traumatization.

January 1996

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