Introduction to Trauma Exposed Professionals 2

Developed By:
- Dr. Tim Black, R. Psych.
- Alex Sterling, MA, RCC

Dr. Tim Black, R. Psych. (WWC National Clinical Director) and Alex Sterling, MA, RCC (WWC Senior Associate Clinician) are pleased to share pragmatic approaches to self-care for clinicians who work with Trauma Exposed Professionals (TExP).

The unique nature of TExP clients such as the number, frequency, and often highly disturbing nature of their traumatic event exposures, means that TExP clinicians are at increased risk for burnout and compassion fatigue, and potential traumatization themselves. Traditional approaches to self-care that focus on ‘end of the week, non-work-related activities’ may not be sufficient to help TExP clinicians avoid the negative impacts of chronic traumatic event exposure in their work.

Join Tim and Alex as they discuss how to practically incorporate self-care into your professional practice before, during, and after your work with TEXP clients by structuring one’s clinical practice around self-care principles, maintaining a ‘low trauma diet’, and considering adopting a ‘self-care lifestyle’ as a standard part of being a TExP clinician. Building on and expanding the BETR model from Introduction to Working with Trauma Exposed Professionals (TExP), Tim and Alex’s collegial and conversational approach encourages us to take the same care with ourselves as we do with our clients.

The cost for this training is covered by the Atlas Institute for eligible service providers who register and are approved.

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Course curriculum

    1. How to successfully complete this course:

    2. Course Walkthrough

    1. About You:

    1. Intellectual Property

    2. Course Curriculum

    1. Instructor for this course: Dr. Tim Black

    2. Instructor for this course: Alex Sterling MA, RCC

    1. Introduction

    1. Video Lesson

About this course

  • $200.00
  • 14 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Instructor

Dr. Tim Black

National Clinical Director

Dr. Black has been a trauma and group counselling specialist, educator, clinician, researcher, and program developer for over 20 years. In the first part of his career as a tenured Associate Professor of Counselling Psychology in one of the top counselling psychology graduate programs in Canada, Tim taught, published, and conducted research focused on Trauma Exposed Professionals (TExP).

He has worked as a community-engaged researcher/practitioner beyond the halls of academia with Veteran and First Responder communities, local and national organizations, and has co-developed multiple national programs for TExP’s and their families (TExFam). Tim now serves as Wounded Warriors Canada’s National Clinical Director.

Alex Sterling MA, RCC

Instructor

Alex Sterling MA, RCC is a Senior Associate Clinician with Wounded Warriors Canada, specializing in clinical work with Trauma Exposed Professionals, and working extensively in promoting trauma informed work environments across Canada.

She has co-developed multiple, nationally delivered programs including WWC’s TRT, TRT-L and Trauma Resiliency Programs (TRP1 and TRP2) and has trained trauma clinicians internationally to deliver the WWC COPE program.