- Events and Workshops
Trauma-Informed Supervision
Date
Mar 04, 2025
Time
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Location
Virtual
Topic
Presenter(s)
Eileen Russo, MA, LADC
It is not uncommon in human services for excellent direct care staff to be promoted to a supervisory position without the skills and training needed to be a successful supervisor. This workshop will explore supervisory styles, competencies of trauma-informed supervision, and effective responses to burn-out, moral distress, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.
This introductory course is designed for the new supervisor, and is ideal for those supervising frontline staff, case managers and volunteers who assist vulnerable populations daily.
For questions or changes in registration, please contact Allison Abramson.
About the Presenter
EILEEN M. RUSSO, M.A., is a licensed addiction counselor, a certified clinical supervisor, and an advanced certified alcohol and drug counselor who has worked in the addiction and mental health field for the past 39 years. Ms. Russo also holds credentials as a relapse prevention specialist and a compassion fatigue educator. She has recently retired as Program Coordinator and Professor Emeritus for the Drug and Alcohol Recovery Counselor program with Gateway Community College in New Haven, Conn.
For 19 years, she has been a trainer/consultant with the CT Women’s Consortium, the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, private agencies, and several states beyond Connecticut. Ms. Russo has assisted over 40 agencies/programs with developing trauma-informed programs, including those who provide services for mental health and substance use disorders, employment, and criminal justice programs. Ms. Russo has co-authored articles on the integration of trauma-specific services into treatment for substance use disorders and is a co-author of the curriculum Healing Trauma+: A Brief Intervention for Women and Gender-Diverse People, Third Edition, by Stephanie Covington.