LIVE STREAM: December 17 – 18, 2026 from 8:15am – 11:30am PST (Vancouver, BC) Please adjust your start time according to your specific time zone.
ON-DEMAND: Recorded footage & course content (certificate, videos, quiz) will be available until December 28, 2026. Please allow 1-3 business days for footage to be processed. Extensions cannot be granted under any circumstances.
This intensive six-hour training equips clinicians and helping professionals with the essential skills to identify the unique psychological impacts found in trauma-exposed professionals, such as first responders, healthcare workers, and frontline caregivers. Participants will learn to distinguish the clinical nuances between burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma in order to understand the predictable progression of occupational stress injuries and intervene before functioning is compromised.
The course covers the neurobiological and psychological underpinnings of secondary traumatic stress, and provides evidence-based assessment strategies for recognizing the subtle signs of dysregulation and emotional exhaustion that often go unnoticed in high-stress work cultures. Participants will explore practical management techniques and therapeutic interventions designed to mitigate the effects of secondary trauma and restore professional functioning, and will practice applying these tools through case studies and guided exercises.
The session closes with a roadmap for fostering resilience at both the individual and organizational level, enabling therapists to help their clients sustain high-stakes careers while maintaining personal well-being.
