Riding the Wave of Stress and Trauma to Enhance Self-Care

February 2, 2021

1:00 - 2:30 pm MST | 2:00 - 3:30 pm CST

Providers of all occupations are experiencing increased levels of on-the-job stress as they work to respond to the many needs of the individuals they serve during the COVID-19 pandemic. This training will provide a metaphor for riding the wave of stress, trauma, and grief. It will examine how integrating the brain and body response can heal during times of crisis. A focus will be provided on maintaining healing practices and building new pathways to enhance self-care. Traditional Indigenous trauma processing and the importance of grief rituals will be explored with a discussion of commonalities of cultures.

Learning Outcomes

• Examine what "your wave" looks like and learn how to utilize this energy to move forward.
• Consider the neurobiology mechanisms of secondary stress and ways to adapt behaviors to support self-care and self-regulation.
• Explore how non-linear approaches to self-care, and not viewing self-care as a final goal, supports wellbeing.

Trainer

Tami DeCoteau, PhD.

Tami DeCoteau obtained a doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology in 2003 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with specialization in the cognitive-behavioral treatment of anxiety disorders for adults, adolescents, and children.

Dr. DeCoteau has worked in a variety of outpatient settings with a diverse patient population, including Veterans and Native Americans. She has given numerous lectures on how trauma impacts attachment and brain development, in-school strategies for working with traumatized children, and historical trauma. She is an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation and a descendant of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.