Online Professional Development: Vicarious Trauma & Compassion Fatigue & Solution Focused Therapy

School of Social Work Continuing Education

Dalhousie University 

The Heart of Helping: Understanding Vicarious Trauma & Compassion Fatigue with Lynda Monk, MSW, RSW February 27 - March 26, 2017 | Online Vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue are common occupational hazards for social workers, counsellors, healthcare professionals, educators, and others in high-care fields. This 4-week online course is designed to teach those in the helping, human service and healthcare professions about these work-related risks that can result from the very nature of the work itself. You will gain a deeper understanding of vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue, what they are, how they manifest and how to prevent and/or intervene with the negative effects that can flow from the heart of helping. Discover how to balance caring for yourself while caring for others, in order to stay healthy while you make a difference. Early bird deadline is January 16, 2017. To register for this course, please email your completed registration form to coned@dal.ca, or fax to 902.494.6709.

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Solution Focused Therapy with Jill Ceccolini, MSW, RSW and Barry McClatchey, MSW, RSW February 6 - March 5, 2017 | Online Solution focused practice is characterized by the use of respectful curiosity in learning about what is important to clients and in the co-construction of their preferred future. Change is viewed as constant and inevitable and clients are regarded as having the necessary expertise about their own lives to create useful change. There is a strong emphasis on the use of the client’s language in solution focused work, as opposed to the dominant “expert” language embedded in the traditions of the helping professions. As such, solution focused practice can be a useful approach in engaging people across the broad spectrum of culture, race, and gender. The facilitators use a variety of methods to invite participant learning, including case examples, small group work, video examples, and exercises designed to provide experiential learning. Early bird deadline is December 23, 2016. To register for this course, please email your completed registration form to coned@dal.ca, or fax to 902.494.6709.

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