Greetings, dear colleagues!
We invite you to take part in a joint project of the
Headington Institute
and
Educational Projects Centre ‘Tree of Knowledge’
STAFF CARE AND RESILIENCE IN TIMES OF CRISIS
Three seminars
5 August from 16.00 to 18.00
Understanding traumatic stress and resilience
Dr Don Bosch
Translation by Olga Bileychuk
12 August from 16.00 to 18.00
Understanding vicarious trauma
Dr Brent Stenberg
Translation by Anna Lukashevich
19 August 16.00 to 18.00
Advanced psychological first aid and sleep in difficult conditions
Dr Rick Williamson
Translation by Olga Bileychuk
Cost: Full participation $60 (in UAH at the exchange rate on the day of payment )Individual webinar $30 (in UAH at the exchange rate on the day of payment)
Recording : For participants ONLY
Certificates: Provided only for those participants who have attended all three webinars of the project. You will receive personalised certificates in English indicating the number of hours/ 1?5 hours per webinar
Webinar language: English with consecutive translation into Ukrainian.
Translation: Olga Bileychuk and Anna Lukashevich
This training is intended for psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists who is working with mental trauma of all therapeutic modes and directions.
5 August
16.00 – 18.00
Dr. Don Bosch
Understanding Traumatic Stress and Resilience
This webinar will focus on the neuroscience findings that help explain our responses in uncertain and risk environments. By understanding how different regions of the brain respond and interact we will learn how our immediate default response can put us in more danger and look at the long-term consequences of remaining physiologically stressed. Finally, we will explore proactive research-based resilience behaviors that help mitigate the short- and long-term effects of living and working in risk environments.
12 August
16.00 – 18.00
Dr. Brent Stenberg
Understanding Vicarious Trauma:
It is a privilege to provide support for persons experiencing significant distress or dealing with the aftermath of traumatic events. However, this commitment can often take a toll on your well-being as you are a witness to the suffering of others. This workshop will focus on identifying the common challenges, personal risk factors and self-care strategies that may be helpful in maintaining your own emotional equilibrium as you engage in this work. The continuum from compassion fatigue to vicarious trauma will be explored as well as the concept and impact of “moral injury” in crisis contexts.
19 August
16.00 – 18.00
Dr. Rick Wiliamson
Advanced Psychological First Aid & Sleep in Challenging Environments
This workshop will help participants maximize how to offer a supportive and compassionate presence to persons suffering immediate exposure to acute stress and trauma. While the basics of Psychological First Aid help to stabilize persons in distress, the advanced workshop focuses on how to mitigate acute stress reactions and facilitate continued support to persons across their near term, intermediate term, and long-term reactions. The workshop will also address the importance of sleep and how to optimize its restorative effects within the crisis context.
SPEAKERS:
Dr. Don Bosch
Dr. Don Bosch is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst, holding doctoral degrees in both disciplines. He has been in practice for over 40 years. Since 2007 he has focused on humanitarians having worked with global rapid response teams, security trainings, and individual aid workers. He currently is the principal of Humanitarian Psychological Services and previously was Director of Clinical Services at the Headington Institute. He is one of the authors of the Headington Institute Resilience Inventory. For the past decade he has provided instruction and field support for Harvard University’s Humanitarian Response Intensive Course.
Dr. Brent Stenberg
Dr. Brent Stenberg is a licensed clinical psychologist with 35 years of experience providing training, counseling, and consulting services with a special focus on leadership development. Over the years, Brent has traveled to places like Haiti, South Sudan, Pakistan, and Afghanistan to support regional staff welfare initiatives.
Dr. Rick Wiliamson
Dr. Rick Williamson is a licensed clinical psychologist based in Los Angeles, CA. He is the co-founder of a nonprofit organization dedicated to understanding and serving the mental health needs of hard-to-reach segments of oppressed and marginalized communities. He specializes in the treatment of trauma and has a passion for support care-providers that serve in high-demand contexts.
