Trauma-Informed Care: Transforming Practice through Trauma-Informed Principles and Understanding Vicarious Trauma, Private Session

Trauma-Informed Care: Transforming Practice Through Trauma-Informed Principles – 1 Day (6 hours) September 11, 2026

What becomes possible when safety, compassion, and an understanding of trauma guide our interactions

This full-day training offers a grounded and practical introduction to trauma-informed practice, exploring how trauma is experienced, transmitted, and held across developmental,
intergenerational, and historical contexts. Participants build awareness of how trauma shapes behaviour, relationships, and systems and how intentional responses can reduce harm and support regulation, dignity, and connection. Through applied strategies, the training emphasizes emotional, physical, cultural, and psychological safety, while examining how values such as choice and control, collaboration and connection, and cultural humility can meaningfully influence interactions, everyday practice, and overall workplace wellbeing.

Learning Objectives:

KNOW: Knowledge & Understanding

• Recognize the role of safety, choice, and control as central pillars of trauma-informed care.
• Understand the impacts and effects of trauma on ourselves and others.
• Identify the signs and symptoms of trauma.

DO: Apply Skills & Practice

• Discover the transformation from vicarious trauma response to post-traumatic growth.
• Explore strength-based tools and utilize a new perspective to support employee relationships and foster team and individual growth.

BE: Professional Growth & Transformation

• Transfer knowledge to meaningful action.
• Cultivate the mindset, empathy, and presence needed to embody trauma-informed principles in everyday work.

Understanding Vicarious Trauma – 1 Day (6 Hours) – September 18, 2026

What happens when caring deeply begins to take a personal toll?

This full-day training explores the lived realities of vicarious trauma, often described as compassion fatigue or empathic strain, and how it shows up in the bodies, minds, and relationships of those who help. Centered on the well-being of professionals who work in relationship-based practice, the session offers practical, sustainable approaches to protecting wellness and restoring balance. Participants explore pathways from burnout toward resilience and post-traumatic growth, while learning concrete strategies that foster safety, belonging, and shared responsibility within teams and organizations. The day equips participants with tools that strengthen both professional practice and workplace culture, honouring the resilience of those who carry their own stories while supporting others.

Learning Objectives:
KNOW: Knowledge & Understanding

• Recognize the role of safety, choice, and control as central pillars of trauma-informed care.
• Understand the impacts and effects of vicarious trauma and how affects regulation, trust, boundaries, and connection.
• Explore the role of self-sustainability beyond self-care.

DO: Apply Skills & Practice

• Discuss strategies to create environments that nurture safety, belonging, and shared responsibility.
• Recognizing the effects of vicarious trauma within your work and the potential for post-traumatic growth.

BE: Professional Growth & Transformation

• Develop the capacity to hold space for personal well-being when supporting other living with trauma.
• Leave with the confidence to recognize your own vicarious trauma response in the work you do.