Resilience in humanitarian staff: psychological first aid and vicarious traumatization

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Resilience in humanitarian staff: psychological first aid and vicarious traumatization
Dr Laurie Pearlman

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Those who assist others in the aftermath of group violence or community disaster are vulnerable to work stress, burnout, and vicarious traumatization. ln addition, national staff, those who assist in their own countries, may struggle with retraumatization as a result of their aid efforts. In this presentation, I will discuss work-related psychological vulnerabilities among aid workers as well as what we can extrapolate from relevant research and field experience about increasing resilience and mitigating and transforming vicarious trauma in this population. Research with humanitarian workers has clearly established the psychological stress that this population experiences.

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Recorded: October 2009, Dubrovnik - Cavtat, Croatia.
Coping & Resilience International Conference
Organiser: The Brisbane Institute of Strengths Based Practice

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Resilience in humanitarian staff: Psychological first aid and vicarious traumatization		21'39
Resilience in humanitarian staff: psychological first aid and vicarious traumatization	Laurie Pearlman
Resilience in humanitarian staff: psychological first aid and vicarious traumatization	Laurie Pearlman

Dr Laurie Pearlman

Dr. Laurie Pearlman is a Senior Consulting Psychologist for the Headington Institute. A clinical psychologist, Dr. Pearlman co-founded and co-directed the Traumatic Stress Institute/Center for Adult and Adolescent Psychotherapy LLC until it closed in April 2006.

Dr. Pearlman is a widely published author on the theory and treatment of vicarious trauma, and the impact of violence and abuse and the treatment of survivors. An internationally recognized speaker, she has received awards for her scientific, clinical and media contributions. Her work focuses on bringing contemporary knowledge about traumatic stress to traumatized populations. During the last decade she has traveled to Rwanda a number of times to provide training on the origins of genocide, the psychological impact of trauma, avenues to healing, and the prevention of future violence.

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