‘Pah-Skippy’ is a facilitated professional group created to offset vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue. We explore personal and professional effectiveness through uplifting, authentic and productive conversation.
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‘Pah-Skippy’ is a facilitated professional group created to offset vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue. We explore personal and professional effectiveness through uplifting, authentic and productive conversation.
Arlyn Anderson and Marty Barnum designed PSCPI to counteract, minimize and reverse the effects of occupational stress. PSCPI meetings have become a favorite with interpreters.
Factors that help reduce the impact of occupational stress, such as vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue, include:
Peer validation
Normalization of experiences
Increased awareness of professional options
Shared resources
Feeling as though one is a part of a supportive professional network
The erosion of well-being and attitude (such as, respect, neutrality, open-mindedness, flexibility) are among the consequences of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma and secondary trauma. Resilience, authenticity, trust and professional flexibility are among the consequences of belonging to a supportive professional network such as PSCPI.
Arlyn Anderson
MA, PCC, CPCC, CI/CT
Monthly sessions – Earn 0.2 CEUs
Limited Seats Available!
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.
IMPORTANT: Monthly session registrations requires a code. If you do not have a code, please email workshops@aslis.com
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.
Registration full? Click the “Request an Additional Session” above the registration form within the monthly session to notify us of your interest in hosting a second group.
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.