Self-Care for Helpers

30-minute presentation with 15-minute Q&A (or discussion/talking circle)
Take-home resource sheet

Session Description

This session will consider the impacts of intergenerational trauma on helpers and the helper client relationship, and how culture-based strategies for creating meaning and connection can minimize triggers and alleviate burnout and compassion fatigue. We’ll also consider how unresolved emotions and survival behaviors affect relationships between colleagues – and how to promote healthier, more supportive workplaces.

Presenter:

Suzanne Methot is the author of the non-fiction book Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing and co-author of the textbook Aboriginal Beliefs, Values, and Aspirations. Her new book for young adults, Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing, will be published in June 2023 by ECW Press. She has worked as an adult literacy practitioner, as an elementary classroom teacher, and in advocacy and direct-service positions in Indigenous-led agencies. Suzanne was born in Vancouver, raised in Sagitawa (Peace River, Alberta), and lived in Toronto for 29 years. She is Asiniwachi Nehiyaw (Rocky Mountain Cree) of mixed Indigenous and European heritage. She lives on Gabriola Island, near Nanaimo, BC. For more information, check Suzanne’s website at https://www.suzannemethot.ca/.

Cost: Free

Registration Link: https://forms.gle/bcRF1xfNTp64L7UX6

This is part of the Maskwacis Cultural College Microlearning Series and is open to the public.
Contact Manisha Khetarpal by email  mkhetarpal@mccedu.ca or call toll free: 1 866 585 3925