CEU - Catrina LPCS

Caring Comes at a Cost: Vicarious Trauma in Survivor Work

You are not broken. You are absorbing what is too much for one heart to carry alone. Dear Colleague, Vicarious trauma is not a personal failing. It is a natural response to holding story after story of harm, survival, and resilience. It builds slowly. One session, one disclosure, one crisis at a time. And often, […]

We Say “Believe Survivors,” But Do We Really?

Therapists working with DV Survivors / Catrina Drinning-Davis, LPC-S

Believing survivors starts long before we say the words out loud. Dear Colleague, Many of us say we believe survivors, but our actions tell another story. We second-guess timelines, ask for more details, or look for signs that someone is “credible.” These micro-validations communicate that survivors must prove their pain. And they chip away at

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