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Free Trauma Workshops & Classes in Alberta
Free Trauma Workshops & Classes in Alberta
Amber CraigSeptember 17, 2024trauma, ptsd, calgary, spruce grove
Understanding Vicarious Trauma as an Occupational Hazard: 3 Things We Can Do To Mitigate It
Understanding Vicarious Trauma as an Occupational Hazard: 3 Things We Can Do To Mitigate It

If you work in fields like healthcare, social work, shelters, settlement work, or as a frontline responder (e.g., firefighters, ambulance workers), or if you see clients through therapy, you're more likely to take on the trauma of those you help. Exposure to traumatic stories can activate our fight, flight, freeze, or other survival responses.

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Guest UserSeptember 12, 2024
Our Trauma Reading List
Our Trauma Reading List
Amber CraigJanuary 31, 2024
A little insight into equine-assisted wellness
blogAmber CraigMarch 12, 2023equine therapy, therapy, equine, horses, wellness, healing, trauma, ptsd, ptsd healing, trauma healing
Somatic experiencing: help for trauma and PTSD
Somatic experiencing: help for trauma and PTSD
Amber CraigFebruary 27, 2023somatic, therapy, ptsd, trauma, mental health, healing
What is EMDR and how does it work?
What is EMDR and how does it work?
blogAmber CraigDecember 2, 2022emdr, emdr therapy, trauma, trauma therapy, mental health, ptsd
Horses and Healing
Horses and Healing
blogBreaking Free FoundationNovember 20, 2022equine therapy, therapy, trauma therapy, trauma healing, therapy albertaComment
My first Victor Walk in 2013
My first Victor Walk in 2013
blogAmber CraigJuly 25, 2020
My Victor Walk Story
My Victor Walk Story
blogAmber CraigJuly 25, 2020
Victor Walk 2020: The Movement Lives On
Victor Walk 2020: The Movement Lives On
NewsAmber CraigJune 25, 2020
Flames Foundation generously donates $25,000 towards our Therapy Grant Program
Flames Foundation generously donates $25,000 towards our Therapy Grant Program
NewsAmber CraigMay 26, 2020
Compassion, connection and care during COVID-19
Compassion, connection and care during COVID-19
blogAmber CraigMarch 29, 2020covid-19, mental wellness, mental health, mental health calgary, mental health alberta, self-care, self-love, meditation, mindfulness
Throw the Burrito: Meet-up Recap | January 7/20
Throw the Burrito: Meet-up Recap | January 7/20
blogAmber CraigJanuary 8, 2020trauma recovery, trauma therapy, ptsd, books, reading, podcast, healing, therapy, mental health, addiction
The Meeting I Encountered
The Meeting I Encountered

The Meeting I Encountered written in gratitude.

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blogBreaking Free FoundationDecember 30, 2019meet-ups, poetry, sharing, sharing is caring
Meet-up Recap | September 4
Meet-up Recap | September 4
blogBreaking Free FoundationSeptember 5, 2019trauma, trauma recovery, trauma awareness, community, calgary community, better together, peer support, meet-ups, meet-up, what have you been through
Calgarians rally together for sixth annual Victor Walk this weekend
Calgarians rally together for sixth annual Victor Walk this weekend
blogAmber CraigJuly 23, 2019
My Victor Walk Story
My Victor Walk Story
blogAmber CraigJuly 22, 2019
Breaking Free Foundation Launches 5er for a Survivor Campaign
Amber CraigJuly 2, 2019
Cultivating a Mindful Lifestyle
Cultivating a Mindful Lifestyle
blogBreaking Free FoundationMarch 4, 2019#acceptance, 2019, appreciation, attitude, awareness, be still, breaking free, breaking free foundation, breathe, commitment, compassion, cultivating mindfulness, curiosity, loving kindness, mindfulness, silence, trauma Comment
Is Your Time Ever Truly Wasted?
blogBreaking Free FoundationMarch 4, 2019anxiety, bedridden, depression, Eric Kussin, mental health, ptsd, time, trauma, wasted time, wereallalittlecrazyComment
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