@article{ref1,
title="Vicarious trauma and response art: a professional development workshop for psychotherapists working with survivors of trauma",
journal="Arts in psychotherapy, The",
year="2021",
author="Drapeau, Catherine Emmanuelle and Drouin, Marc-Simon and Plante, Pierre",
volume="72",
number="",
pages="e101744-e101744",
abstract="Psychotherapists working with newcomers, refugees and asylum seekers, who have survived trauma, indisputably face challenges. Though rewarding, their work is not without strain on their wellbeing and professional development: They may experience and be transformed by vicarious trauma (VT). Reflexivity may improve self-awareness and help mitigate VT. In the art therapy literature, it is posited response art (RA) may facilitate self-awareness and redefine the therapist's experience of VT. A research project was elaborated to develop, describe, and evaluate the application fidelity of a workshop aimed at raising awareness of VT and introducing RA (WAVT-RA) to psychotherapists working with newcomers who have survived trauma. This article aims to describe the design of the WAVT-RA as well as its unfolding from real-time observation. <br><br>RESULTS indicate most activities were carried out and 70 % percent of procedures were followed as planned. A disparity of 40 min was identified between planned and observed timings. Lines of inquiry for reproducibility, development, and implementation of future professional development workshops such as the WAVT-RA are explored. <br><br>RESULTS highlight the importance of continuing research merging the topics of vicarious trauma, art expression, and professional development.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0197-4556",
doi="10.1016/j.aip.2020.101744",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aip.2020.101744"
}