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Vicarious Trauma: The Cost of Caring (23 September 2025)

WA Centre for Rural Health

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Tue, 23 Sep, 2025 at 09:00 am

1.5 hours

WA Centre for Rural Health

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Tue, 23 Sep, 2025 at 09:00 am to 10:30 am (AWST)

WA Centre for Rural Health

167 Fitzgerald St, Geraldton WA 6530, Australia, Geraldton, Western Australia

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Vicarious Trauma: The Cost of Caring (23 September 2025)
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π˜Ύπ™€π™¨π™©: FREE (limited spaces, bookings essential)

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This highly interactive 1.5hr workshop involves:
β€’ Identify the differences between burnout/stress, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma (VT)
β€’ The impact of VT on health, education, and welfare workers
β€’ How to identify it in yourself
β€’ What to do

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This workshop has been developed and is facilitated by WACRH’s Mental Health Academic Chantal Bachere-Crinquand who has extensive experience in facilitating mental health workshops and comes from a background in mental health nursing and counselling.

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Anyone interested in developing their knowledge and skills in the area of vicarious trauma. Typically, attendees are frontline human services workers – health workers, education, rangers.

Employers are encouraged to support their employees to attend this workshop. Group/workplace sessions can also be arranged.

β€œIt’s a proven fact that we hold on to trauma. How can somebody who’s holding so much trauma be of service to someone else if they’re full up? You’ve got to empty the glass.” – Mariska Hargitay


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Vicarious Trauma: The Cost of Caring (23 September 2025), 23 September | Event in Geraldton | AllEvents
Vicarious Trauma: The Cost of Caring (23 September 2025)
Tue, 23 Sep, 2025 at 09:00 am