Vicarious Trauma by Tess Bolder, LICSW Natural disasters. Shootings. Border separations. How do you cope when mass media makes images and stories of trauma and grief inescapable? Media coverage is saturated with stories of violence, destruction, and loss. While the media can help educate and inform, it can also cause something called vicarious trauma.… read more»
43rd Anniversary Benefit
Thursday, November 15, 2018
Four Seasons Hotel
Emcee: David Gregory
Keynote Speaker: Liz Welch
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Wendt Center Interviews Aline Martinez
If you’ve been to the Wendt Center’s NW office recently, you may have noticed our art installation piece, Mourning Morning, by local artist, Aline Martinez. The piece offers a variety of textures from ceramic “columns” to birds cut from delicate tissue paper and suspended with string. Aline was also a client of the Wendt Center.… read more»
Statement of Concern: The Traumatic Separation of Children From Their Parents
We at the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing are deeply concerned for the toddlers, children, adolescents, and their parents who have been traumatically separated at our border with Mexico. As clinical professionals with extensive first-hand experience in the treatment of traumatized children and adults, we join our voices with those expressing alarm. Many experts… read more»
