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Witnessing: Understanding the Effects of Overexposure to Stories of Trauma and What to Do About It (Part 1 of 2)
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Wednesday, October 23, 2019
10:00 am (PST) / 1:00 pm (EST)
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We are pleased to offer 1.5 hours of CNE or CME credit
at no cost to participants.
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Description
Clinicians, therapists, and social workers are just a few examples of providers exposed to traumatic stories in their daily work. In the course of doing their jobs, these helpers are often in the position of witness. Witnesses experience distress similar to what victims experience. Sometimes the distress comes from the stories clients tell them or directly observing their clients in interactions. Sometimes the distress comes from the people who administer the policies and procedures that affect clients. Often the distress derives from both sources. “Helpers” or providers may also have their own challenging histories. Current situations may trigger difficult historical moments, making it harder for providers to cope with contemporary stress.
This webinar provides an overview of empathic stress, moral injury, and microaggressions, and describes coping strategies for both providers and clients. Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, discusses the role of clinicians, therapists, social workers, and other “witnesses” and “helpers” and the impact that witnessing has on the behavioral health of the witness. In the second half of the webinar we look at sources of resilience and what Dr. Weingarten calls “reasonable hope.” There is time for Q&A throughout the webinar.
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Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Describe the four witness positions and daily sources
of distress.
- Understand strategies to cope with their own distress while helping people who lived through traumatic experiences.
- Identify sources of resilience and reasonable hope in their
own lives.
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Presenter
Kaethe Weingarten, PhD
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Biography
Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, is the founder and director of The Witnessing Project, a nonprofit organization that consults to individuals, families, and communities locally, nationally, and internationally to transform passive witnessing of violence and violation into effective action. She was an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology for the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry from 1981-2017 and a faculty member of the Family Institute of Cambridge where she founded and directed the Program in Families, Trauma and Resilience. She directs the American Family Therapy Academy’s (AFTA) Witness to Witness Program, a project pairing AFTA members with providers overexposed to stories of trauma. (Kaethe is pronounced Kay-tah.)
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This webinar is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1,094,709.00 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.
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Witnessing: How Supervisors Can Strengthen Peer Support in the Workplace (Part 2 of 2)
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Wednesday, November 6, 2019
10:00 am (PST) / 1:00 pm (EST)
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We are pleased to offer 1.5 hours of CNE or CME credit
at no cost to participants.
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Description
Our interactive second webinar is geared toward administrators, managers, and supervisors, and draws on data from the “Work Environment Survey” administered during our first webinar. In our second webinar, we dive deep into methods of strengthening peer support in the workplace, the single most important factor associated with well-being under challenging circumstances. We look at the nuts and bolts of bolstering “reasonable hope” and amplifying existing resilience styles, and consider brief team meeting frameworks to build connections and support. Webinar presenter, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, comments on scenarios shared by webinar participants and engages participants in brainstorming solutions together.
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Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
- Describe the three features of “reasonable hope.”
- Identify their preferred resilience style.
- Understand how to conduct supportive team meetings.
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Presenter
Kaethe Weingarten, PhD
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This webinar is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $1,094,709.00 with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov.
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