Brought back by popular demand !!

SECONDARY TRAUMA and how to reconcile its impact (REPEAT)

Tuesday, January 22, 2008
9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location
Safeco South Jackson Street Center
306 23rd Avenue South Suite 200
Seattle, WA 98144

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:

“…because suffering is not enough.”
Thich Nhat Hanh

As human beings, we are affected by our surroundings. When exposed to hardship, crises, stressful circumstances, and/or trauma we attempt to make sense of what we see, hear and experience the best we can.

In this workshop we explore how we are impacted by our society, work and/or careers. Through a larger backdrop of systematic oppression and liberation theory we come to understand the shifts that occur in us personally and professionally and why we adapt the way we do.

The workshop discussion focuses on how to reconcile what we experience in our work and the world around us in a way that is both compassionate and honest as well as accountable and sustainable. Whether one may be experiencing fatigue, cynicism, guilt, a sense of not doing enough or any other number of consequences of demanding work, we come to understand how we can make choices that will allow us to interact with our work and our lives in such a way as to remain true to ourselves and those we serve. While respecting the seriousness of the issues at hand, this path incorporates much humor and a profound sense of hopefulness by drawing on a broad base of clinical approaches, social justice theory and spiritual traditions.

Participants will gain:

• An understanding of the context within which secondary trauma takes place and why our organizations and our society have been slow to identify secondary trauma and support workers.
  
  
• An understanding of what to look for and how to know if oneself or one’s colleagues are
  struggling with secondary trauma.
  
  
• An understanding of what to do about it. How to help oneself, one’s organization, one’s movement, and society at large while balancing being healthy and well AND doing work you care about.
  

TRAINERS:
Laura VanDernoot Lipsky, MSW

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WORKSHOP FEE

Coalition Member Organization:
$75 per participant [for 1-2 staff from member organization]
$65 per participant [for 3-5 staff from member organization]
$55 per participant [6 or more staff from member organization]

Non-Member Organization:
$100 per participant

Lunch will be on your own.

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Continuing Education Units/Clock Hours
Participants can register for Highline Community College Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
The cost is $10.00 per course. CEU forms are available at the workshop.

Free Clock Hours available at the workshop.

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Cancellation Policy:

The cancellation fee is $25. If you must cancel your registration and have already made payment, you may request a refund minus the $25 fee up to 3 working days prior to the event. After this date, no refunds will be issued and the workshop fee will be charged.

Alternatively, you can make substitutions for attendance.

Please note that "No Shows" will be charged the full workshop fee.

Please inform Anna McCain at 206/870-5908 or amccain@highline.edu if you need to cancel.

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Click here to go to Coalition Member Organizations list

Click here to go directly to the King County Non-Profit Staff Development Coalition Project home page.