These short-term facilitated group discussions are opportunities to examine our work in secure facilities. We explore actual experiences, concerns, frustrations and challenges through safe, confidential, and uplifting case consultation and discussion. Bring a topic or experience you have had or show up and see what emerges from the group. These conversations are both deep and light. They are about acknowledging what we know and being curious and open to new perspectives.
Earn 0.2 CEUs per session
Limited Seats Available!
Arlyn Anderson
MA, PCC, CPCC, CI/CT
Awareness of the risks of occupational stress. Knowledge is power and can prevent or lessen the impacts of vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue;
Sharing experiences with other interpreters offers social support, normalization of experiences, amends cognitive distortions, and helps to maintain objectivity;
Groups are an opportunity to reconnect with others;
Members share potential coping resources;
You will offer and receive validation and support;
Reinforce and broaden options for personal coping strategies;
It’s an opportunity to share new information about the work;
Group is a good place to vent feelings in a productive, positive, professional and confidential manner;
Group provides support for dealing with the aftereffects of intensity;
Increasing your professional network decreases professional isolation;
Members have the opportunity to Increase objectivity, empathy and compassion;
We have fun, go deep and laugh a lot!
Limited seats available.
Each month’s group has a limit of 7 participants. If you register and are no longer able to attend, please contact ASLIS immediately to open your spot to another interested participant.
The Secure Facilities Interpreter Recruitment and Retention program is provided by ASLIS and is supported by grant funding from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services Division.