Bearing Witness and Being Well - Durham Public Health, September 16, 2026

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From today’s workshop:

‘Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress: Skills for Sustaining a Career in the Helping Professions’ by Brian C. Miller (book)
Self-Compassion Resources (website)

The Impact of Secondary Traumatic Stress on Our Loved Ones (article) by Francoise Mathieu
Vicarious Resilience: A New Concept in Work With Those Who Survive Trauma by Hernandez et. al. (study)
Low-Impact Debriefing (practice)
Learning Brain vs. Survival Brain (video)
ProQuoL - Professional Quality of Life Scale (test)
Circles of Control, Influence, and Concern
Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab
Disappoint Someone Today by Francoise Mathieu (article)
‘Building Resilient Teams: Facilitating Workplace Wellness & Organizational Health in Trauma-Exposed Environments’ (book) by Dr. Patricia Fisher
Resisting Burnout with Justice-Doing by Dr. Vikki Reynolds (article)

Other resources that might be helpful:

Burnout:

The Burnout Epidemic (book) by Jennifer Moss
The Burnout Challenge (book) by Christina Maslach
Burnout: the Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle (book) by Emily and Amelia Nagoski

Empathic Strain and Traumatic Stress:

Beyond the Cliff (Video) by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky
Help for the Helper (book) by Babette Rothschild
The Compassion Fatigue Workbook by Francoise Mathieu
Self-Compassion Scale (test)
When The Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress (book) by Dr. Gabor Mate
My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem (book)
The Age of Overwhelm: Strategies for the Long Haul by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky (book)
Decolonizing Trauma by Renee Linklater (book)

Being Trauma-Informed:

Trauma-Informed Healthcare Approaches: a Guide for Primary Care (book) by Megan R. Gerber
Trauma-Informed Toolkit (publication)
The Deepest Well (book) by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime (video) by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris
Trauma-Informed Organization Assessment Tool (website)