Beyond Compassion Fatigue: Practical Strategies for Supervisors Managing Secondary Traumatic Stress

New Hampshire Chapter

Kyle Northam 0 180
This workshop examines the pervasive yet frequently overlooked challenge of secondary traumatic stress (STS) among clinical social work supervisors, emphasizing strategies for personal prevention and management. Supervisors often experience cumulative exposure to trauma through their supervisees, heightening their own risk for emotional depletion, reduced empathy, and burnout. This session will provide an evidence-informed framework for recognizing early indicators of STS and implementing individualized approaches to mitigate its impact. Through exploration of reflective practice, boundary setting, emotional regulation, and sustainable self-care, participants will develop tools to strengthen personal resilience and professional longevity. The workshop underscores that tending to one’s own well-being is not only an ethical responsibility but also foundational to effective leadership and the maintenance of high standards in trauma-informed clinical supervision.

Setting Boundaries and Client De-escalation Strategies

NASW-WA Live Webinar

Kyle Northam 0 379

In this workshop, participants are encouraged to recognize the widespread impact of trauma and understand potential paths for recovery. It emphasizes the importance of realizing the effects of trauma, proactively setting boundaries to minimize over-involvement and under-involvement with clients, and recognizing the signs and symptoms of a client’s trauma responses in order to respond accordingly to escalating behaviors and resist re-traumatization.

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