CoHealing

Developed and led in collaboration with community partners in response to what providers told us they need, the program was created by our colleague Dr. Jenny King at the Center on Trauma and Adversity at CWRU's Mandel School and led by Michaela Jackson-Smith with community practitioners. CoHealing is a monthly group intervention aimed at supporting a more resilient network of trauma-informed healthcare providers. Indirect trauma, including burnout and secondary trauma, is an inevitable outcome of helping professionals who work with pregnant and postpartum families. This six-month, guided and supportive community aims to reduce secondary traumatic stress, burnout, and isolation by providing self-regulation tools, relational connection as a coping resource, and education on the causes and symptoms of indirect trauma.

If you are interested in bringing CoHealing to your workplace, please email firstyearcleveland@case.edu. Continuing Education is available for nursing, social work, family therapy, and counseling.