Self- Care and Secondary Traumatic Stress
Description
Webinar Length: 1 hour
Presenter: McCall Lyon, PsyD
Target Audience:
- Direct care providers (e.g., caseworkers, childcare providers, court advocates, early interventionists, medical/mental health professionals, and teachers)
- Supervisors / agency leadership
Objective:
- Identify the potential impact of secondary trauma and chronic stressors on professionals who work with young children
- Conceptualize wellness using the specific lenses of self-care, self-compassion, and self-reflection
- Engage in brief activities designed to improve wellness and reduce the impact of exposure to secondary trauma/stress