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Inescapable Trauma and its Impact on Clinicians and Their Community

FRIDAY, February 27, 2026
10:00 am 鈥� 12 pm (eastern time)
Live Webinar on Zoom
(You will need to register to receive login information)

Registration: 2 CEU Credit Hours
General:  Through Feb. 17: $50; Feb. 18-26: $60
Wurzweiler Alumni and Current WSSW Practicum Instructors: Through Feb. 17: $40; Feb. 18-26: $50 
All Current Students: $15

Registration closes on 2/26/26 at 5:00 Eastern Time (EST)

We live in environments characterized by trauma, whether by climate change, terrorism, public policies, or other potentially traumatic events.

Dr. Carol Tosone will address the implications of shared trauma on clinical practice and the role of organizations in mitigating its impact on the clinician.

Shared trauma refers to the clinician's dual exposure to collective traumatic events, both as a citizen and as a provider exposed to the trauma narratives of their clients. While shared trauma impacts the clinician in their personal and professional lives and has been linked to clinician burnout, it can also encourage shared resilience and professional post-traumatic growth.

Dr. Mooli Lahad will focus on the contemporary space between the lived experience of individuals undergoing prolonged displacement or evacuation and the long-term efforts of rehabilitation, alongside the role of therapists working within a context of shared traumatic reality.

He will address questions such as: What is trauma from which there is no escape? What happens to therapists who inhabit the same space of danger as their clients and undergo similar experiences? What distinguishes a trauma-oriented community from a resilience-oriented community? And what lessons can be drawn from the current experience when looking toward a future that is likely to be complex and challenging?

Learning Objectives

Participants will be better able to:

1. Understand shared trauma, shared resilience, and professional posttraumatic growth.
2. Identify existential shifts resulting from clinicians' personal and professional exposure to continuous collective trauma.
3. Understand inescapable trauma in prolonged displacement and differentiate trauma-oriented from resilience-oriented communities.

4. Examine the impact of shared traumatic reality on therapists and identify lessons for sustainable practice in future crises.

    

Presenters

Carol Tosone, PhD is Professor at New York University Silver School of Social Work and recipient of the N糖心破解版 Distinguished Teaching Award. She serves as the Co-Director of the N糖心破解版 Trauma-Informed Clinical Practice Program. Dr. Tosone鈥檚 research focus is shared trauma.

She is a Distinguished Scholar at the National Academies of Practice, and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work. She is Editor Emerita of the Clinical Social Work Journal, having served for 15 years as its Editor-in-Chief.

Dr. Tosone has lectured or served as a consultant on shared trauma internationally and has authored numerous articles and edited books.

Mooli Lahad, PhD is the Founder and President of the Community Stress Prevention Center, established in 1980 in Kiryat Shmona, Israel. Prof. Lahad is internationally recognized as a leading expert in psychotrauma, community recovery, and resilience, with a particular focus on post-disaster and crisis contexts.

He has led numerous international psychosocial interventions following wars, disasters, and mass trauma, emphasizing local capacity building, empowerment, and train-the-trainer models.

Prof. Lahad is the author of 36 books and numerous articles. He holds doctoral degrees in Psychology and Human and Life Sciences. His awards include a joint WIZO鈥揥HO award for humanitarian work in disaster zones.

Podcast

Rabbis, chaplains, and social workers are often called on to provide spiritual care near life鈥檚 end. Whether in response to serious illness, advanced cognitive or physical decline in old age, or unexpected, tragic violence, health care professionals and clergy need to respond compassionately and effectively with families facing spiritual, emotional, and existential crises. Clips from Wurzweiler School of Social Work鈥檚 鈥淪pirituality Near the End of Life鈥� Conference in July 2019 include leading clergy, chaplains, and social workers offering their knowledge, skills, and wisdom to assist professionals seeking to better integrate spiritual care into their professional and community work.

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