Vicarious trauma and the VET trainer who supports students: Sustaining yourself in complex work
Tuesday 9 November 2027 | 10am AEST | Presented by Vanessa Solomon
This session acknowledges:
Adult learning professionals regularly encounter learners navigating trauma, financial hardship, family crisis, and mental illness.
This session is for everyone on the front line of supporting students through tough personal circumstances. Explore the difference between vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue and everyday burnout, make sense of transference and countertransference when learners disclose.
Walk away with practical frameworks for self-care, supervision and sustainable practice.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Distinguish the difference between vicarious trauma from burnout
- Recognise and understand transference and countertransference
- Apply self-care and supervision strategies for yourself, and others
Other value options for registration:
Register for this session as a one-off standalone PD purchase OR via one of:
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