This 6 credit hour CE online course is designed for nurses, counselors, health care professionals, Master’s level and Doctoral level clincians/psychotherapists and psychologists that work with trauma victims and are seeking to learn more about Vicarious Trauma and its impact on those in a helping role. This course is designed to help psychotherapists conceptualize and better understand what vicarious trauma entails and how it impacts psychotherapists. The areas coveres in this course include the most common signs of vicarious trauma, discuss the risk factors, describes assessment tools used to determine vicarious trauma, and explain the various interventions and stratetgies used to cope with vicatious trauma.

Note: A portion of the proceeds from this workshop benefits the Melissa Institute For Violence Prevention and Treatment, a non-profit organization dedicated to the study and prevention of violence through education, community service, research support and consultation.