Are your cases traumatising you?

23/03/2021

For the diary

Many barristers regularly deal in their professional lives with distressing subject-matter: murder, sexual assault, catastrophic injuries, mental illness, the abuse of children and more. Vicarious trauma (also known as secondary post-traumatic stress) is a phenomenon which is now well-recognised as affecting members of the legal profession. On Tuesday, 4 May 2021 at 5.15pm the Bar Association's Wellbeing Committee will host a Zoom seminar on identifying, mitigating and managing vicarious trauma. Presenters will include Robyn Bradey, an accredited mental health social worker, and a member of the BarCare panel of specialists.

Register here.

The annual seminar on vicarious trauma is an initiative of the Wellbeing Committee. For more information about the work done by the committee, visit the wellbeing pages of the Bar Association website.