Therapist Self-care and Vicarious Trauma Training
Support Your Staff. Protect Their Wellbeing. Strengthen Your Practice.
Dr Ann Carrington is a Social Work practitioner, academic, and researcher with over 20 years’ experience across education, research, and therapeutic practice. Throughout her career, she has worked closely with practitioners across multiple fields, supporting them to navigate the complex challenges of trauma work while maintaining their own wellbeing.
Dr Carrington developed the Micro-phasing Model for Therapeutic Self-Care drawing from gold standard theories for trauma therapy. The model and training is specifically designed for practitioners from across disciplines working with and responding to trauma, such as domestic and sexual violence worker, counsellors, psychologists, social workers, legal practitioners, dental practitioners, nurses, GPs, first responders etc. Her training equips staff with practical strategies not only to manage stress, but to effectively and directly work with work related trauma, enabling them to continue providing safe, effective, and compassionate care.
Training is available in-person or live online and is offered as general training that individuals can join or can be delivered to agency teams. When delivered to teams, the training can be fully tailored to an organisation’s size, structure, and professional context. This dynamic one-day workshop is purpose-built to equip participants with proven strategies to manage vicarious trauma and boost self-care. Participants will gain real-world techniques that can be apply immediately in practice..
Why This Training Matters
Practitioners working with domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and neglect, and trauma are at increased risk of burnout and vicarious trauma. This training encourages individuals and organisations to invest in staff wellbeing by introducing them to the Micro-phasing Model which provides a structured high-quality method to support professionals daily in working with potential trauma and traumatic content, using practical therapeutic self-care strategies and reflective practice.
Drawing on extensive experience providing professional supervision across multiple fields, this program addresses a critical gap: supporting practitioners to manage the emotional demands of trauma work while maintaining professional effectiveness.
What You or Your Staff Will Gain
Practical self-care strategies – Manage stress, reduce burnout, and prevent compassion fatigue.
Enhanced resilience – Sustain your capacity to provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.
Trauma-informed understanding – Learn how vicarious trauma can affect practitioners and how to respond.
Improved client outcomes – Staff wellbeing directly supports more effective responses to victim-survivors.