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Recommended for: health and mental health professionals Length: 45 minute presentation and 15 minute Q and A Description: Mental health clinicians who work with trauma survivors... are at risk of experiencing vicarious trauma, becoming burned out, and developing compassion fatigue. How do these clinicians protect themselves? This educational activity focuses on self...-care based on the Resiliency Model. Key Topics: Empathy, Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, Burn Out, Resiliency, Social and Peer Support, Self-Care, Self-Reliance, Prosocial...

is more than one way to react and cope with tragedy and trauma. One child may cope best by maintaining some solitude; another child by being socially involved. Join Together: Spend... more time with your child. Doing family activities, especially at a time of tragedy and trauma, is very supportive and reassuring. Kindness: Show your kindness to others, especially... is all you need. Demonstrate and express your love for your children. Meaning: There are two meanings in regard to experiencing trauma. The first is the specific meaning the trauma...

confronted by danger in addition to considering Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and other trauma-related disorders. Mission, Vision, and Values The mission of Resiliency LLC is Enhancing... Management Association honored him with its Humanitarian Award for his dedicated service and volunteerism. In 2004-2005, he served on the Emergency Preparedness/Trauma Advisory Committee... Center). He has done post-graduate training in trauma psychiatry, emergency management, and disaster mental health. He has an adult private psychiatric practice in Fort Lee, NJ...

factors. For example, in regard to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), having experienced a previous trauma places one at risk for developing PTSD after being exposed to recent... trauma. However, the lack of past trauma exposure does not protect an individual from developing PTSD if confronted by a traumatic event. To the contrary, experiencing some degree... for developing PTSD? Could it be a biological marker that might predict who would be resilient in the face of trauma? Third, I think a new meaning is evolving for resiliency and resilience...