This workshop will explore the factors that lead counselling professionals to experience vicarious trauma and burnout related to their work. We will look at the relationship that boundaries and resilience can play in countering these effects.
In today’s demanding educational and clinical environment, the impacts from engaging with ongoing trauma and crisis management can have a profound influence on the well-being and effectiveness of clinicians. The goal of this workshop is to investigate and understand the links between building rapport
and setting boundaries and how both can impact how we manage our own well-being.
Topics examined include rapport and resilience building, countertransference as well as an opportunity to learn about the seven types of boundaries.
Through discussion and real-life scenarios, participants leave with practical and effective strategies to reduce the impacts of the work we do on our overall wellbeing and personal lives. The goal is for new and seasoned professionals to recognize challenges to our boundaries in the workplace and create empathetic but controlled responses that can foster a more sustainable career.
