reFRAMED Podcast Host, Emily Morehead, LPC, talked with Jorge Gama, LPC-S, about secondary trauma. Secondary trauma has PTSD-like symptoms. Those that are affected by this type of trauma look at their life in a different way than they would normally after being affected by trauma. Watch and listen to their conversation.
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Our Guest:
Jorge M. Gama believes strong values are the core to a functional family. He is inspired by helping others have a better quality of life by building up a person’s strengths and teaching coping mechanisms. Jorge works with a range of emotional and behavioral issues providing services that span from therapy for depression and grief counseling to parenting support. He offers an approach tailored to each client’s individual needs.
Jorge is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a honors graduate from Texas Wesleyan University. He completed his undergraduate degrees from The University of Texas Arlington in Psychology and Spanish. He is published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition. He speaks English and Spanish.
Show Notes:
In this episode, we talked about:
- With families adopting a child from a hard place and has a history, it can feel like they are the ones that experienced this trauma. There are just so many details and feelings that you can't get them out of your brain.
- We can't un-see what we've seen and can't un-hear what we've heard.
- Secondary trauma is looking at a situation where you are reading someone elses' traumatic events. There's a heart-to-heart connection.
- When you look at burnout, it's typically work related (too many hours, no support, no ability to move away from work). It's a connection with an institution.
- As a clinician, if you can walk with the secondary trauma client and help them be better prepared with support through education.
- Prevention is bringing awareness that this may occur for you and this is how to take care before it happens.
- The child of trauma needs to know that the parents are providing a safe environment.
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