Vicarious Trauma

The professional terms for this is 'vicarious trauma' or 'secondary trauma response.' It is key to improve our understanding of who it affects and what the signs and symptoms to be aware of are.

This course is ideal for anyone working within a supporter role including traumatised clients, to enable you to be alert to Vicarious Trauma in ourselves and others, and take steps to lessen its impact.

After taking part in this experiential short course participants will understand and recognise:

• What Vicarious Trauma is
• its biological and behavioural roots
• the symptoms of Vicarious Trauma
• why caring practice can lead to physical and psychological issues
• how to help yourself and colleagues
• where to find support
• how to exercise better self care as a preventative measure

Cruse Scotland utilises our learning content flexibly and efficiently to match your needs and we offer content across two learning environments; delivering this training either in person or online, for up to 12 delegates at a time.

All courses are delivered by one of our Training Team, who are professional trainers specialising in mental health, bereavement and trauma.

Health Warning:

As you would anticipate, the content of our courses discuss themes of death, dying and bereavement.  Before registering for our training, we encourage all participants to consider their individual wellbeing needs, particularly those who have recently been bereaved or consider themselves as actively grieving.