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Featuring: Dr. Leslie Anne Ross, Psy. D

Dr. Ross joins us to share strategies and resources for managing vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue or empathic strain. Many attorneys in criminal law are at risk of experiencing these strains do to the nature of the work. What are the self reflective questions to ask yourself? How do set your own standards to measure your well being? Listen as Dr. Ross tells us how to do that.

Here is a list of resources the Dr. Ross shared on this episode:

• Free 2021 TEND virtual conference 9:00AM and 4:30PM EST on Friday, June 25th. 
• The National Child Traumatic Stress Network:  WWW. NCTSN.org 
• The University of Kentucky Center on Trauma and Children: www.uky.edu/CTAC  
• Dr. Rick Hanson's blog "Just One Thing":    www.rickhanson.net 
• Apps for in the moment stress reduction practices: 
  • Calm 
  • Insight Timer
  • Headspace
  • Happify
•  Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky's book "Trauma Stewardship" and her TED Talks:
   www.Traumastewardship.com 

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