Course Description

This webinar will define vicarious trauma and secondary trauma, acknowledge the impact of working together in the dependency system, explain the role of resilience as a trauma professional, explain the role of the nervous system in relation to working as a child advocate, and lead participants through mapping their own nervous systems in relation to the work.

LMHC

Corinne Edwards

Corinne is a licensed therapist that has been in the counseling field for over 19 years, having graduated with a master's and specialist's degree in mental health counseling from the University of Florida in 2001. She has over 15 years experience in the trauma field, getting her start at the Child Protection Team and having worked with hundreds of children in the child dependency system. Corinne is currently in private practice, treating individuals for anxiety, depression, and trauma. She also independently contracts with the Child Advocacy Center, Inc. in Alachua County and ITM Group. Additionally, she is an EAP provider for Alachua County Fire Rescue, Alachua County Sheriff's Office, Gainesville Police Department, and Shands Hospital. She has extensive training in secondary trauma. She volunteers with the EMDR Trauma Recovery Humanitarian Assistance Program and is on the Circuit 8 Child Death Review Committee. She is passionate about the importance of providing training to trauma professionals on protecting against secondary trauma, has presented at several statewide conferences, and offers a one-day retreat on the topic. 

Course curriculum

  • 1

    The Silent Build Up of Stress

    • Webinar Recording

Reviews

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Valencia Towers

Recognizing the types and how it affects your performance is very valuable. This training helped to understand the effects stress has and how trauma affects ...

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Recognizing the types and how it affects your performance is very valuable. This training helped to understand the effects stress has and how trauma affects the brain. Ms. Edwards presents the subjects clearly and gives tools for success.

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Strengthening resiliency the silent build up of stress

sharlee benson

I thought the role of the nervous system in relation to working as a child advocate was especially enlightening and helpful

I thought the role of the nervous system in relation to working as a child advocate was especially enlightening and helpful

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Walter Sherman

This is a wonderful follow up to Part 1. I look forward to also completing 3 and 4.....

This is a wonderful follow up to Part 1. I look forward to also completing 3 and 4.....

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4-PART WEBINAR SERIES