As a survivor, interacting with legal systems can be overwhelming, triggering, and even re-traumatizing. It is critical that attorneys be well-versed in trauma and understand the ways a survivor’s trauma may manifest in the context of a legal case. By incorporating tenants of trauma-informed care into the attorney-client relationship, attorneys can increase a survivor’s trust and engagement, improve interviewing and counseling techniques, engage in more effective advocacy by educating adjudicators about trauma, and increase the sustainability of their practice by avoiding vicarious trauma.
The listener will learn:
*A brief overview of the neurobiology of trauma and how symptoms may present and impact a legal case.
*Basic principles of trauma-informed care and how attorneys can incorporate them into their representation of survivors.
*Warning signs of vicarious trauma and the interplay with attorneys’ ethical obligations, as well as practical self-care tools.
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