Vicarious Trauma Training

The Vicarious Trauma Training introduces a comprehensive framework for
understanding and managing the impact of trauma exposure in professional roles or
so-called "hard jobs".  Topics covered include the neurobiology of trauma response,
moral injury, nervous system regulation, diversified self-care skills, impacts of
trauma work on personal relationships and skills for addressing each of these areas
of impact. The curriculum is designed to cover these topics with greater breadth and
depth than one-time trainings in order to build a skill set that is personalized and
developed over time. The course aims to help you reconnect to your personal
mission of why you do the work you do so that you can process the impact of
professional trauma exposure and stay in your field of practice.

Instructor Bios

Kathleen Flinton, MAR, MSW, LICSW, is an Assistant Professor of the Practice and co-Chair of the Trauma Integration Initiative at the Boston College School of Social Work. Flinton has over twenty years of experience in working with survivors of trauma. Her area of expertise is in cross cultural trauma treatment with a specialization in working with refugees and asylum seekers. She holds a BA from Vassar College, an MSW from Simmons School of Social Work and an MAR from Yale Divinity School. Flinton has postgraduate training in EMDR, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Forensic Social Work, and maternal mental health, and is a qualified expert witness in federal immigration court. Previously, Flinton was a Lecturer at Boston University School of Social Work and served as the Associate Clinical Director at the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights at Boston Medical Center. Flinton maintains a private practice providing therapy to survivors of torture and trafficking, clinical supervision, and consultation.  

Anna Mancuso, ScM, MSW, LICSW, is a clinical social worker specializing in trauma recovery. As an adjunct professor at the Boston College School of Social Work, Anna teaches graduate level courses focusing on clinical trauma work with adults. She was formerly at the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights where she provided long-term therapy to refugees, asylum-seekers, survivors of torture and related trauma, and wrote psychological evaluations in support of asylum claims. She received her Master of Social Work from Simmons School of Social Work. Anna has worked with survivors of interpersonal violence at the Center for Violence Prevention and Recovery at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Hospital and in the BIDMC Emergency Department. Anna also received her Master of Science in Population and International Health from the Harvard School of Public Health where she wrote her Master’s thesis on the community reintegration of former child soldiers. In addition to teaching, Anna currently maintains a private practice.