Hello! Here at the Vicarious Trauma & Resilience Special Interest Group (VTR SIG) we offer a gathering about 8 times a year via our executive meetings, support meetings and one special in-person meeting at the annual conference. The support meetings are a time to take a breath in the company of others who “get it.” At the executive meetings we do a little meeting prep and planning while also taking the opportunity to support each other where we are and with what we bring to the space. All SIG members are welcome to join the support and/or the executive meetings and find themselves in a warm, welcoming space. At the annual conference, we always have fun collaborating with the Creative Arts Therapies SIG to create a self-care wellness corner full of activities and grounding tools.
For the year of 2026, in the VTR SIG, we plan to add a book club that focusses on vicarious trauma and self-care topics to be done via the online forum discussion board, and perhaps also do an online webinar watch party! Overall, we are here to gather in a way that allows us to show up as we are, where we are, without judgment, while doing art prompts and sharing strategies for being sustainable in the work that we do.
The next meetings will be Jan 12 at 7pm (ET) for executive planning for the upcoming year, and Feb 23rd at 7pm (ET) as a support meeting to announce the book club book, run through the book club logistics and do some in general support for each other after the holidays have ended.
Here is a link to the form (New VTR SIG Member Information Form – Google Forms) to fill out and send to the 2026-year secretary, Cynthia Wilson and membership@isst-d.org. Please be sure to label your form with your name, date and VTR SIG.
Hope to see you at a meeting or in the forum soon!