In partnership with the UCSB Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), New Beginnings Counseling Center recently offered a clinical training for frontline workers.
The session, Secondary Trauma Stress: Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, and Burnout in the Mental Health Setting, was designed for professionals who have encountered high levels of exposure to trauma in their day-to-day work.
Conducted by with Sherisa Dahlgren, LMFT, the workshop was offered to some 70 mental health and social work professionals. Participants learned how to identify signs and symptoms of secondary trauma stress, and how to take preventative measures to mitigate risk to trauma exposure in the workplace.
“I am so grateful that New Beginnings Counseling Center and UCSB CAPS prioritized providing such a valuable workshop for our community,” said Paula Strauss, New Beginnings interim clinical director.
“We are seeing a surge of mental health issues arise during the pandemic, and our mental health and social work professionals have been doing such an amazing job of rising to the challenge to meet this need,” she said. “However, who is taking care of them? Based on the feedback we received, this training helped our attendees feel supported and learn helpful tools for self-care.”
The training met the requirements for two hours of continuing education for LMFTs, LPCCs, LEPs, LCSWs, and psychologists. For more information, visit https://sbnbcc.org/clinical-training-with-sherisa-dahlgren-lmft/.
Dahlgren is an innovative creator of evidenced informed holistic treatment modalities for PTSD. She has expertise in integrating arts and holistic modalities into the healing of primary and secondary trauma.
New Beginnings Counseling Center, 324 E. Carrillo St., Ste. C, Santa Barbara, provides affordable counseling, shelter, case management and education for members of the community. New Beginnings is a nonprofit 501(c)(3). For more, call 805-963-7777 ext. 112 or email at development@sbnbcc.org.