Holding the Heart: Sustaining Ourselves While Supporting Others

Holding the Heart: Sustaining Ourselves While Supporting Others

Working in human services often means bearing witness to the suffering of others. How does bearing witness impact us? What are the tools we need in order to take care of ourselves as we are caring for others? Through this training, participants will explore the concepts of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, moral injury and burnout; connect with others with similar experiences; and develop concrete tools and strategies for sustaining in the work. Participants will leave better equipped to provide services to those impacted by trauma and care for themselves as they care for others.