Vicarious Traumatization, Resilience and Transformation
Friday 07 December, 2012
8 - 9:30pm, $0
Freudian Society, The Culture Center
410 Columbus Avenue
In their work with traumatized patients, clinicians find themselves affected by the pain in people's lives. The negative transformation in the therapist resulting from trauma work has been termed 'vicarious traumatization' or VT. This presentation will provide a framework for normalizing and understanding VT, as distinct from countertransference and burnout. The session will include a discussion of ways to address and transform vicarious traumatization.
Laurie Anne Pearlman, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and independent trauma consultant based in western Massachusetts. She publishes and presents nationally and internationally on both direct and indirect psychological trauma. She is a member of the complex trauma task force of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; a fellow of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence and of the Trauma Division of the American Psychological Association (APA) and chair of Trauma Division Fellows committee; senior psychological consultant for the Headington Institute; co-founder and immediate past president of the Trauma Research, Education, and Training Institute; and co-founder and former co-director and research director of the Traumatic Stress Institute/Center for Adult & Adolescent Psychotherapy. She is currently collaborating on a book about treating traumatic bereavement. Since 1999, she has been working with Professor Ervin Staub on promoting trauma recovery and preventing violence in east Africa.
Laurie Anne Pearlman, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and independent trauma consultant based in western Massachusetts. She publishes and presents nationally and internationally on both direct and indirect psychological trauma. She is a member of the complex trauma task force of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; a fellow of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence and of the Trauma Division of the American Psychological Association (APA) and chair of Trauma Division Fellows committee; senior psychological consultant for the Headington Institute; co-founder and immediate past president of the Trauma Research, Education, and Training Institute; and co-founder and former co-director and research director of the Traumatic Stress Institute/Center for Adult & Adolescent Psychotherapy. She is currently collaborating on a book about treating traumatic bereavement. Since 1999, she has been working with Professor Ervin Staub on promoting trauma recovery and preventing violence in east Africa.