The Other Side of Vicarious Trauma

Presenter: Dayanara Marte.

 Often times advocates, service providers, and most individuals in helping roles bring their own experiences as survivors of violence, oppression, neglect and poverty into the work. These are often the reasons why they do the work in the first place. The impact of such experiences provides both strength and challenges in how we do our work and how we listen to community and provide support. These factors have the potential for making us susceptible to needing support, creating self care action plans and being mindful on all levels, mind, body and spirit. Join us for a conversation about how to take care of ourselves as we observe this year’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month.