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When the Helpers are Hurt: What Healing Looks like for Criminal Justice and Related Professionals

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Event Dates
Eastern
Location
Online

If trauma is chaos, healing is order. 

This Justice Clearinghouse webinar explores what recovery looks like for the helpers themselves—criminal justice and human service professionals carrying the weight of secondary trauma. Drawing from Dr. Judith Herman’s empirically validated Trauma and Recovery framework, participants will examine each of the four stages of healing through the lens of provider well-being. 

Learn practical tools—like the CE-CERT model for managing secondary trauma—and why ignoring this healing process can come at a high cost, including burnout, disconnection, and even suicide.

Date Created: March 12, 2026