Vicarious Trauma: The Cost of Caring (23 September 2025)
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πΏππ©π: Tuesday 23 September 2025
πππ£πͺπ: WA Centre for Rural Health, 167 Fitzgerald Street, Geraldton
πππ’π: 9am to 10.30am
ππππ: YWRtaW4td2FjcmggfCB1d2EgISBlZHUgISBhdQ== or 9956 0200
πΎπ€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 WACRHβs 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 β health workers, education, rangers.
Employers are encouraged to support their employees to attend this workshop. Group/workplace sessions can also be arranged.
βItβs a proven fact that we hold on to trauma. How can somebody whoβs holding so much trauma be of service to someone else if theyβre full up? Youβve got to empty the glass.β β Mariska Hargitay
πππ£πͺπ: WA Centre for Rural Health, 167 Fitzgerald Street, Geraldton
πππ’π: 9am to 10.30am
ππππ: YWRtaW4td2FjcmggfCB1d2EgISBlZHUgISBhdQ== or 9956 0200
πΎπ€π¨π©: FREE (limited spaces, bookings essential)
ππππ§π£ππ£π ππͺπ©ππ€π’ππ¨
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
πΌππ€πͺπ© π©ππ πππππ‘ππ©ππ©π€π§
This workshop has been developed and is facilitated by WACRHβs 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.
πππ€ π¨ππ€πͺπ‘π ππ©π©ππ£π
Anyone interested in developing their knowledge and skills in the area of vicarious trauma. Typically, attendees are frontline human services workers β health workers, education, rangers.
Employers are encouraged to support their employees to attend this workshop. Group/workplace sessions can also be arranged.
βItβs a proven fact that we hold on to trauma. How can somebody whoβs holding so much trauma be of service to someone else if theyβre full up? Youβve got to empty the glass.β β Mariska Hargitay
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