Debriefing with intention: Skills and supports for helping professionals

Strengthen your support skills and build emotional resilience with debriefing techniques for high-stress, trauma-exposed environments.

In high-stress and complex work environments, those who provide care and support to others need intentional support. They also need skills and care to sustain themselves in the work. Learning and using different types of debriefing is one of the leading mitigating factors to vicarious trauma and isolation. It can also help create high-functioning, connected, and emotionally aware teams.

Frontline workers, managers, and helping professionals who navigate complex, trauma-exposed environments can join this full-day workshop. It will help them build or strengthen their skills in debriefing and support.

Participants will explore practical tools, models, and trauma-informed strategies. These will support them in navigating both acute critical incidents and the ongoing emotional toll of supporting others. This workshop blends theory, reflection, and applied practice, offering a collaborative space for learning, connection, and skill-building. Karine Silverwoman shapes the workshop through a social justice, strength-based, anti-colonial, and queer and trans affirming lens.

Learning objectives:

• Understand the purpose and power of debriefing, including the different types (immediate, informal, ongoing, critical incidents, and support around grief and losses).
• Explore models and debriefing skills to mitigate vicarious trauma and embody trauma-informed practice.
• Learn to support individuals and teams with high-risk and complex situations.
• Deepen emotional literacy, connection, and embodied resilience as individuals and as teams.

Register now to gain the tools and strategies you need to support yourself and your team with effective debriefing skills in challenging, trauma-exposed settings.

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