Supporting Others, Sustaining Ourselves: Trauma-Informed Care & Resilience
Thu. 22 May 2025, 5:00 to 7:00 pm CET
ENTER is making a call for abstracts for the ENTER Webinar 2025:2 which will explore responses to working with trauma.
Psychological trauma is a severe emotional response to distressing events. Complex trauma results from repeated and/or prolonged trauma, especially among those exposed during childhood. Trauma causes emotional, behavioural, cognitive and physical symptoms, affects interpersonal relationships, and is associated with life-long risk of physical and psychological health problems.
Those who work with trauma survivors can experience vicarious trauma, a negative reaction to exposure to others’ trauma. Working with survivors exposes mental health professionals to distressing information, from reading case notes to being present with those describing or reliving distressing experiences. Unmanaged vicarious trauma poses a risk to the personal and professional well-being of mental health professionals.
ENTER is responding to this challenge by developing and sharing evidence on the need for trauma-informed approaches, including resilience among mental health service providers.
We are seeking 3 – 4 presenters and invite ENTER members to submit an abstract for an oral presentation on trauma-informed care and vicarious trauma.
The presentations will be followed by a conversation on the issues raised and how ENTER can inform and support appropriate responses across individuals, organisations, and wider society.
Abstracts should be no more than 350 words.
Email abstracts to: baldacchino_lab@st-andrews.ac.uk by 5:00 pm on Fri 21st March 2025.
A preparation meeting will be held in mid-April (date and time to be arranged with presenters).
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