Vicarious Trauma in Healthcare Professionals

CAD $39.00

Duration:
120 minutes including a Q&A

Includes:
• A certificate of completion
• The on-demand recording to watch at your convenience
• A handout in PDF format for viewing or self-printing

See below for the outline, speaker biography, and more.

 

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Description

Duration:
120 minutes including a Q&A

Includes:
• A certificate of completion
• The on-demand recording to watch at your convenience
• A handout in PDF format for viewing or self-printing

Objectives:
• To define vicarious trauma and symptoms
• To explain how vicarious trauma differs from compassion fatigue and burnout
• To learn about vicarious trauma assessment tools for staff and groups
• To explore the connections between personal history and healthcare work
• To learn coping strategies to prevent and manage vicarious trauma

Description:
This webinar for health professionals highlights the difference between vicarious trauma and other types of work related stress such as compassion fatigue and burnout.  Learn about trauma assessment tools, how symptoms manifest, and also the connection between personal history and healthcare work. Finally our speaker will guide you through coping strategies to prevent and mange vicarious trauma.

Who Should Attend?:
• Nurses, Physicians, & Health Care Professionals in Direct Care Settings
• Emergency Department Staff, Critical Care staff
• Pediatric Staff, Staff in Mental Health and Addictions
• Social Workers, Psychologists, OT’s, PT’s, RT’s
• Occupational Health Nurses, Managers, Educators, HR staff

Sarah Allen Benton, MS, LMHC, LPC, AADC

Sarah Allen Benton is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor. She is Co-Owner of Benton Behavioral Health Consulting and Waterview Behavioral Health. She was the Clinical Strategy Advisor and Director of Clinical Services for Aware Recovery Care currently operating in 11 states.  She has been a therapist and consultant at various levels of care. Sarah was a Therapist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA at The Brook dual diagnosis transitional living program, Klarman Center for eating disorder treatment and the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Institute.

Sarah has presented internationally to a wide variety of audiences on many unique behavioral health topics. She is author of the books “Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic” and “Parents in Recovery: Navigating a Sober Family Lifestyle” (2024). She has been featured in the New York Times, on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, CBS Early Show, SiriusXM, NPR and writes a blog on PsychologyToday.com.