For healthcare, social work and education professionals
Training and supervision for the helping professions
You support others every day. This work exposes you, and it calls for a place to set down what it stirs up. Three psychologists accredited by the Federation of Swiss Psychologists (FSP), trainers of emergency psychologists in French-speaking Switzerland, support teams and professionals who want to last in their profession.
The occupational risk
An exposed profession does not wear you down by chance
Listening to suffering, intervening in crises, supporting vulnerability: this repeated exposure leaves its mark. We speak of compassion fatigue when empathy runs dry from being called on so often. Of vicarious trauma when the stories of the people you support end up marking the person who receives them. Of burnout when it is the workload and the working environment that exhaust you.
Three distinct realities, often intertwined, which can be prevented and treated. This is not individual fragility: it is an occupational risk, and it calls for a professional response.
1 in 3
care workers in Switzerland are thought to be affected by compassion fatigue or secondary traumatic stress.
Source: OSAR
In-house
Tailor-made training for your teams
We build each training course with you, starting from the reality of your field. Existing themes: stress management, crisis and emergency management, resilience and character strengths. The body and the regulation of the nervous system are at the heart of our approach: you cannot last in an exposed profession on concepts alone.
In-house formats, in your institution, for a team or a department, or on an individual basis. For organisations that want to embed this approach over the long term, a collaboration agreement brings together training, regular supervision and responsiveness in the event of a critical incident.
Our latest training courses
One-off training courses, as projects arise
From time to time we organise open training courses, depending on projects and requests.
Training and awareness in the care of severe burn patients: in-person training
Price: CHF 150 (conference included)
See all the detailsTraining and awareness in the care of severe burn patients: online conference
Price: CHF 30
See all the detailsThe conference on supporting people with severe burns remains available as a recording, for a fee. Request the access link by email.
Supervision
Regular supervision, individual or for teams
Supervision offers a protected space to analyse your practice, set down difficult situations and regain perspective. Individually, in a peer group, as a team or as an institution. It is led by field clinicians rooted in psychotraumatology: the care of the aftermath of potentially traumatic events.
What you take away
Every training course and every supervision session comes with a certificate of attendance. For psychologists, supervision sessions can be credited as supervision hours towards the specialisation title in emergency psychology or towards continuing education.
Listen
Post-traumatic stress in emergency professions
Sabrina Alberti was the guest of the Semeur podcast for a conversation (in French) on post-traumatic stress in emergency professions: recognising the first signs, understanding the risk of accumulation and taking care of yourself to last in the profession.
The episode “ Si le vrai danger de votre métier n'était pas celui que vous croyez? ” is also available directly on YouTube.
Your questions
Frequently asked questions
Do you come on site?
Mainly, yes: in your institution. Sessions in external premises are organised from time to time, depending on requests and projects.
What is the difference between burnout, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma?
Burnout comes from the workload and the working environment. Compassion fatigue, from over-solicited empathy. Vicarious trauma, from repeated exposure to traumatic stories. All three can coexist.
How long is a training course, and in what format?
Everything is tailor-made: from half a day to several days, depending on your objectives and constraints. We build the format together when you get in touch.
Can regular supervision be set up?
Yes, it is even what we recommend: dates set in advance, at a pace agreed with you.
Does supervision count towards continuing education?
Every training course and every supervision session comes with a certificate of attendance. For psychologists, supervision sessions can be credited as supervision hours towards the specialisation title in emergency psychology or towards continuing education.