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Description
The repeated exposure of service providers to the distress and suffering of immigrants and other survivors including indirect exposure to graphic details or imagery of survivors’ traumatic experiences, can lead to empathic distress and other trauma and stress related responses. Faculty will delineate the broad array of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral changes that accompany these reactions and the neurobiological underpinnings that link them to changes in sleep, mood, concentration, planning and decision-making, memory, motivation and energy levels, and can lead to feelings of numbness, difficulty experiencing positive emotions, cynicism and reckless or self-defeating behaviors. The webinar will include empirically and neurobiologically informed strategies to cultivate resilience among those who serve survivors including increasing capacity for self-regulation and learning skills to strengthen mindful awareness, compassion, and grounding. Combined, these tools can help protect against empathic distress and vicarious trauma and promote wellbeing.
Faculty Presenters
- Dr. Marie Carlson, marie@cstnet.org
- Hon. Victor Reyes (Ret.), healingjudges@gmail.com
- Leslye E. Orloff, info@niwap.org
Referenced Materials
- Empathic Care and Distress: Predictive Brain Markers and Dissociable Brain Systems (Ashar et al., 2017)
- Empathy and Compassion (Singer & Klimecki, 2014)
- The Nature and Causes of Anxiety and Panic (Telch, 2015)
- Measured Impact Webinar: The Science of Empathy, Empathic Reflection, and Empathic Regulation in Clinical Care (PowerPoint)
- Expressive Writing: Connections to Physical and Mental Health (Pennebaker & Chung, 2009)
- Professional Quality of Life Scale (Stamm, 2009 – 2012)
Useful Resources
- State Justice Institute (SJI) and National Judicial Network Training Materials
- SMART Goals and Action Planning
- Heal Torture Homepage
- The Portable Calm: Contemplative Based Trauma and Resiliency Training
Self-Care & Resiliency
- NCJFCJ Judicial Wellness Initiative
- CoLAP’s 2019 National Judicial Stress and Resilience Survey: The Results Are In! (PowerPoint)
- Self Care for Providers from International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
- Vicarious Trauma Toolkit from Office for Victims of Crime (OVC)
- How Judges Can Mitigate Vicarious Trauma (Reyes, 2022)
Mindfulness / Meditation Specific Resources
- Guided Meditations – MARC | UCLA Health
- UCSD Center for Mindfulness
- UMass Memorial Health Center for Mindfulness
Sleep Hygiene
- Sleep Hygiene Checklist (Harvard School of Medicine – Division of Sleep Medicine)
- National Sleep Foundation: 10 Tips for a Better Night’s Sleep
NIWAP Resources
- Advocate’s and Attorney’s Tool for Developing a Survivor’s Story: Trauma Informed Approach
- Trauma Informed – Structured Interview Questionnaires for Immigration Cases (SIQI)(July 12, 2018)
- Trauma-Informed Help For Immigrant Survivors (Updated November 11, 2020)
- Dynamics, Interviewing, Safety Planning, Collaboration and Best Practices
NIWAP Webinars
- (October 30, 2013): “Trauma-Informed Care: Promoting Healing While Strengthening Survivors’ Immigration Cases” (Webinar)
- (March 19, 2014): “Trauma-Informed Care, Part 2: The Nuts and Bolts of Immigration Story Writing Intervention” (Webinar)
- (February 24, 2014): “Helping Survivors in Crisis: Hands On Training for Advocates and Attorneys on Trauma-Informed Work with Immigrant Women Who Are Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault” (Webinar)