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DHS - Drexel - Vicarious Trauma: When Helping Hurts - 8/27/26 - VIRTUAL LIVE Online Registration

Virtual-Live Training
Vicarious Trauma: When Helping Hurts
 
Training offered by Drexel University Division of Behavioral Healthcare Education
 
Continuing Education Credits              No Cost               5 hrs
*CPRP*CEU*LSW/LCSW/LPC/LMFT*NBCC*PA ED ACT 48*
 
Trauma Training Certificate
You must complete 50 hours (10 courses) of Behavioral Healthcare Education Trauma Training
**Additional Information Below**
 
When:     Thursday, 8/27/26  
Time:       9:00am - 3:30pm                       Registration Deadline:  Thursday, 8/20/26 at Noon 
Where:    Virtual-Live Training
 
Presented by:  Lindsay Martin, PhD, LPC, NCC
Maximum Capacity:   50

Course Description: Working with trauma survivors can be challenging for behavioral healthcare practitioners.  Difficult countertransference reactions, symptoms of burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma are specific occupational hazards.  Vicarious trauma can be particularly deleterious, as it may result in pervasive and permanent transformations in the helper's belief system, relationships, and worldview.  Learning to protect ourselves from this cost of caring, decreases the risks to self, clients and loved ones.  In this course, we introduce tools to proactively identify, prevent, and address the symptoms of vicarious trauma.  We enhance our knowledge by understanding our vulnerability, identifying risk and protective factors, and increasing our awareness of signs and symptoms.  We learn to enhance our well-being through self-care practices, action planning, and taking steps toward personal transformation.  In order to meet the long-term challenges associated with our work, concepts like vicarious resilience and vicarious post-traumatic growth will be introduced. 

This is part of BHE's 10-course Trauma Series

Learning Objectives: 

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

  • Identify factors contributing to distress among practitioners providing trauma informed care.
  • Explain common causes of vicarious trauma among those who work with survivors of trauma.
  • Analyze risk and protective factors related to vicarious trauma.
  • Discuss the importance of developing a vicarious action plan for trauma practitioners.
  • Define approaches that empower and promote the well-being of those working with trauma survivors

**Training link will be emailed to registered participants on Tuesday, August 26, 2026**

In order to receive continuing education credits at no cost to you for this course:

  • You must pre-register
  • You must be a Chester County Provider
  • You must complete the post-test and the evaluation form at the end of the session
**Trauma Series**
BHE's trauma series provides an array of courses that support the development of trauma-informed care, assessment, and treatment planning for children, adolescents and adults.  Each trauma series course is rooted in the understanding that trauma is a fundamental issue for many people seeking treatment, and that trauma-informed care is essential to promote recvovery and resilience.
 
A certificate of completion is available for those who successfully complete 50 hours of courses in the trauma-informed training series.  Interested individuals have three years to complete the ten courses.  These ten courses are offered via webinar through DHS Training Series in 2024, with the hope to offer these courses and/or others in future years.
 
The two required courses are "The Fundamentals: Trauma Definitions and Diagnoses" and "The Fundamentals: Trauma-Informed Care."  Beyond that, BHE offers a rotating array of trauma-related courses on many topics, including: children, adolescents, families, gender, race, treatment approaches, vicarious trauma and many others.
 
The rationale is to offer a selection of courses that are current and meet the interests and needs of providers.  Each course comes with a certificate for 5 hours of continuing education.  When you have successfully accomplished 50 hours of training, you will receive an additional certificate of completion for the full trauma series through the mail.
 

Please click on the date that you would like to register for. If you cannot click on a date, it is because all time slots are filled for that date. TO CANCEL A RESERVATION, go to ChescoDHSTrainings.com, select the cancel link and enter the cancellation code provided in your confirmation email. DO NOT SEND RESERVATION OR CANCELLATION REQUESTS TO THE BELOW DHS TRAININGS MAILBOX.

Select this dateThu 8/27/2026, 09:00 AM-03:30 PM» DHS/Drexel - Vicarious Trauma: When Helping Hurts (27 appointments remaining)

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