Trauma (Healing) Informed Self Care: Practical Approaches for Social Work/Direct Care Professionals

NASW WI Chapter Webinar

Trauma (Healing) Informed Self Care: Practical Approaches for Social Work/Direct Care Professionals

Date & Time: Wednesday, July 30th, 2025, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM CST
Presenter: Presented by Melinda Marasch, LCSW, Aspire Consulting

2 CE's

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Ethical Care requires Self Care per NASW Code of Ethics Amendments in 2021. This workshop will provide a Trauma (Healing) Informed lens to deal with the very real struggles of being a social worker or direct care professional. Content will include the effects of stress, trauma, secondary trauma, burnout, and compassion fatigue, on professionals and program participants. We professionals need to care well for ourselves so that we can care well for others.

Learning Objectives

After completing this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Describe stress, trauma, secondary trauma, burnout, &/or compassion fatigue.
2. Identify at least 1 approach to use or to teach a participant to help manage stress, trauma, secondary trauma, burnout, &/or compassion fatigue.
3. Plan to utilize at least 1 approach to help manage stress, trauma, secondary trauma, burnout, &/or compassion fatigue.