Apr 28, 2023
Your hosts, Brenda Agnew and Simone Jellinek welcome Eden Dales to today’s episode. Eden is an MSW, RSW, a registered social worker with the Ontario College of social workers and Social Service Workers, and a member in good standing with the Ontario Association of Social Workers. Eden graduated with her master's degree in social work in 2001 at Yeshiva University, Wursweiler School of Social Work. Eden works at Eden Dales School of Social Work, a community-based social work practice that provides assessments and counseling services for clients and families recovering from trauma across Ontario in many languages.
Key Takeaways:
[2:25] How did Eden get involved in trauma-informed care?
[4:33] Eden talks about the core principle of the trauma-informed approach.
[8:22] Brenda describes the challenges that face a trauma survivor when entering a law firm.
[9:07] Simona talks about her interest in Trauma Informed response.
[13:40] Eden introduces the concept of “gentle curiosity.”
[17:11] Eden explains how the trauma-informed approach promotes resilience and reduces the possibility of retraumatization.
[19:40] Why would a lawyer want to receive trauma-informed training?
[20:34] Simona shares the benefits lawyers acquire as a result of being trained in Trauma Informed.
[25:14] Brenda shares her experience seeing the results of not using the trauma-informed approach.
[30:09] Why is there an immediate hesitation or resistance from lawyers to wanting to learn more and incorporate the trauma-informed approach in their practices?
[33:45] Eden talks about her biggest resistance to using this approach.
[37:10] Our job is not to challenge people’s realities.
[40:50] As an individual, why would someone want to have trauma-informed training?
[50:42] Remember that the same brain that has experienced the trauma is the one which you are dealing with today.
[52:33] Eden details the first steps when seeking trauma-informed training.
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