Training Overview
This training will focus on Secondary Trauma/Compassion Fatigue, Mental Illness, PTSD, & Pathology of Secondary Trauma and will cover plausible interventions that can assist with lessening the distress associated with Secondary Trauma and Helper Resources.
Learning Objectives
- Define Secondary Trauma
- Assessing the severity of secondary trauma
- Treatment of secondary trauma
About the Trainer
My name is Irwin Thompson, LICSW. I am an African American Mental Health Therapist; The client population/s I serve are predominately African American Individuals and Groups. I work with Children, Adolescents, and Adults; and I provide culturally specific services to African American Individuals and Groups. Some of the topics I address when working with African American Individuals and Groups are: Loss of Language, Re-connecting to an Intellectual Heritage, Black Pain, and De-Stigmatizing Mental Illness.
Register at MACMH
There is 2 CEHs available.