Vicarious Resilience: What It Is and Why It Matters
From The Vicarious Trauma and Resilience Podcast · 00:10:09
Show by Dr. Jenny Hughes
Trauma therapists learn early what this work costs. Less is said about what it gives back.Vicarious resilience is what happens when a client’s movement toward healing affects you, too. It can show up in small moments, a softened jaw, an unexpected smile, a sense of gratitude; often before you have words for what you’re experiencing.In this episode, Dr. Jenny Hughes explores how to recognize those moments, let them land in your body, and share them with other trauma therapists so they become something you can draw on, rather than something that simply passes by.Because the same empathic connection that makes us vulnerable to the weight of trauma work can also let us experience our clients’ resilience, hope, and healing.ResourcesWant to start noticing these moments in your own work? Try the free Soft Transitions exercise, join the BRAVE Trauma Therapist Collective, or watch the episode on YouTube:Soft Transitions: https://www.braveproviders.com/soft-transitionsJoin the BRAVE Trauma Therapist Collective: https://www.braveproviders.com/braveWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@braveprovidersTimestamps00:00 Introduction: What Is Vicarious Resilience?00:42 What vicarious resilience actually is01:21 How vicarious resilience was discovered02:28 Vicarious trauma & vicarious resilience: two sides of the same experience03:54 How to recognize vicarious resilience in your work05:32 How to notice and install it in your body06:10 How to enhance vicarious resilience through connection07:24 Try this: identify a moment of vicarious resilience08:27 Soft Transitions + the vicarious resilience AI tool09:16 You don’t have to go looking for resilience
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