Victim Advocate's Guide to Wellness: Six Dimensions of Vicarious Trauma-Free Life - Softcover

Phoenix, Olga

Softcover

ISBN 10: 150089706X ISBN 13: 9781500897062

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Inside "Victim Advocate's Guide to Wellness: Six Dimensions of Vicarious Trauma-Free Life", you'll find a profoundly simple yet life changing, #1 Rated Vicarious Trauma Prevention and Self-Care Tool by Trauma Professionals!Over 90 simple practical powerful exercises to make immediate, lasting changes in overall quality of your life.Vicarious Trauma Assessment Tool to let you know if you are at risk!Candid account of my personal journey of recovery from the depths of vicarious trauma. I tell you exactly what I did to change my reality in sustainable ways so that you can do the same thing.Profound validating stories that you can actually relate to that will keep you turning the pages and know that you are not alone. If they can do it, so can you!A step-by-step guide to implement, empower, and sustain an organizational culture of vicarious trauma prevention and sustainability at your workplace!A compassionate, loving approach: you've beaten yourself up for not being good enough long enough. It's time to fire your Inner Critic and find your Inner Friend!Eye opening connections between physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual, personal, and professional dimensions of your life and your overall health.An exciting, simple, transformational journey to joyful, full, and cherished life free of vicarious trauma!

About this title

About the Author

 Olga Phoenix, MPA, MA is an internationally recognized expert and speaker on the topics of Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, Secondary Traumatic Stress, and Trauma-Informed Services, as well as personal and organizational cultures of Sustainability, Self-Care, and Wellness. Through her books, trainings, webinars, and keynotes Olga helped thousands of victim advocates, therapists, substance abuse counselors, law enforcement, criminal justice and medical professionals to find their way to full and thriving life, free of vicarious trauma.
A survivor of interpersonal violence and later vicarious trauma, Olga brings with her a wealth of personal experiences, which she shares with raw candor, passion, and humor. Olga's reputation as trainer and speaker is built on her tremendous capacity to address challenging topics with compassion and warmth while creating safe and supportive spaces where validated participants can share deeply about their experiences in the trauma field and engage in organic process of finding practical yet profound solutions for unique challenges experienced on individual and organizational levels
Olga Phoenix is a Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime Training and Technical Assistance Center Expert Consultant and Trainer on trauma-informed services and vicarious trauma prevention; a member of Training and Mentoring Team at National Partnership to End Interpersonal Violence; as well as a member and speaker at Elite Speaker's Bureau, Inc. She graduated with a Masters of Public Administration and Nonprofit Management from the University of South Florida, Masters of Arts in Women's Studies from Florida Atlantic University, and is currently a Doctorate Candidate in East West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 150089706X
• ISBN 13: 9781500897062
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 141