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Wellbeing session 5: Vicarious trauma
Mary Jackson, of LawCare, leads a discussion aimed at helping local government lawyers develop self-awareness regarding the importance of their mental fitness, with a particular focus on learning to recognise and cope with the occupational risk of Vicarious Trauma.
Areas covered:
- Mental Fitness & Wellbeing
- The legal mindset
- Vicarious Trauma
- An overview
- Symptoms & coping strategies
- Self-Awareness & Self-Care
- Resources
About the speaker
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Mary Jackson Mary has been a teacher and a solicitor, as well as Manager of the Law Society's South West Regional Office. Mary has been with LawCare since 2008. She recently qualified as a therapeutic counsellor and is a full member of the BACP. |
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