Protection Against Psychological Injury

This workshop aims to support professionals to enhance their knowledge of psychological injuries, and give them the best resources for mitigating the risk of such injuries in their work. It will explore:

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• The common stressors and risk factors contributing to a high prevalence of psychological injuries in the profession

• The key findings and recommendations of relevant wellbeing studies and projects, in Australia and across the world, to increase psychological safety

• The science of the body and the brain in relation to chronic stress, sense of threat, ’survival mode', and trauma - and their remedies

• The early warning signs (i.e., somatic, cognitive, emotional, behavioural, relational & worldview changes) that might suggest emerging psychological injury - and what to do

• A range of practical skills and resources that professionals can use immediately and in real time - to enhance self-awareness, distress tolerance, regulation capacity, recovery and reflective practices, and the overall sense of self-control