Latrobe Community Health Service

Vicarious trauma is trauma that is experienced when witnessing, or being told about, another person’s trauma. Vicarious trauma can be harmful to mental and emotional wellbeing. Areas within the workshop include:

• • Trauma v's vicarious trauma
  • Varying responses to trauma
  • The impact of trauma on the body, brain and emotions
  • Causes and signs of vicarious trauma
  • Mitigating and managing vicarious trauma
  • Emotional contagion
  • Empathy regulation
  • Closing a “trauma dump”
  • Setting boundaries
  • Debriefing
  • Resilience boosters