Resources from The Cost of Caring? Strategies for Staying Well in High Stress and Trauma-Exposed Helping Work
Yonge Eglinton Employment & Social Services, June 24, 2026
Slide Deck
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Resources mentioned in the workshop
Why we’re not doing ‘toxic positivity’
988 - Canada’s 24hr Suicide Prevention Hotline
Kitchen Table Wisdom by Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen (book)
National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace
Self-Care in Your Workplace and Self-Care in Your Personal Life questionnaires - from Resilience, Balance, and Meaning by Dr. Patricia Fisher
What’s Draining You? self-care questionnaire
Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress: Skills for Sustaining a Career in the Helping Professions by Brian C. Miller (book)
The Impact on Trauma-Exposed Work on Our Loved Ones by Francoise Mathieu (article)
re: Glimmers - Polyvagal Practices by Deb Dana (book)
Self-Compassion practices by Dr. Kristin Neff
Is Work Killing You? A Doctor’s Prescription for Treating Workplace Stress by Dr. David Posen (book)
Low-Impact Debriefing Protocol
On “the assumption of pre-existing ability:” Wade, A. Small Acts of Living: Everyday Resistance to Violence and Other Forms of Oppression. Contemporary Family Therapy 19, 23–39 (1997)
The Deepest Well by Dr. Nadine Burke Harris (book about ACES)
How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime by Dr. Nadine Burke-Harris (video)
Re: Don’t be a trauma detective - Trauma-Informed Teaching and Learning Practices Post-COVID by Dr. Yuen-ying Carpenter, PhD (video)
Types of Boundaries worksheet
Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself and The Set Boundaries Workbook by Nedra Glover Tawwab (books)
YEESS trauma-informed casework scenarios
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem (book)
A great video about Learning Brain vs. Survival Brain (he speaks about children but the same lessons can apply to adults)
The Politics of Trauma: Somatics, Healing, and Social Justice (book) by Staci Haines