About Trauma Sensitive Law
Trauma Sensitive Law was founded to bring contemporary legal practice into the modern age of trauma sensitivity, compassionate client care, and mental health awareness. The justice system is rife with unresolved trauma; we can often see it in our clients' personal backgrounds, in the events that led them to our office, and at multiple stages of the legal process itself. Awareness of the science behind trauma and its impact on client behaviour and satisfaction allows legal practitioners to go beyond contracted advocacy and become a source of safe, engaged, healing justice for our clients. By educating ourselves on mental health and its role in the legal process, we can also better maintain our own wellbeing. We provide professional trainings and workshops that have been co-developed by legal and mental health professionals which equip lawyers with tools to achieve this holistic method of self- and client-care.
Highlighted TSL Workshops
Trauma Sensitive Legal Practice
Trauma Sensitive Legal Practice
Trauma Sensitive Legal Practice
Our TSLP Workshop equips legal professionals from all specialties with tools to engage clients in a trauma-informed manner. We cover scientific basics of psychological trauma, how trauma impacts clients and their experience in the legal process, and practical tools for solicitors, barristers, and support staff to best assist clients with trauma.
Lawyer Wellbeing
Trauma Sensitive Legal Practice
Trauma Sensitive Legal Practice
From workaholism, avoidance, and negative self-talk to boundaries, loci-of-control, and work-life balance, our Wellbeing Workshop outlines the common psychological stressors faced by legal professionals. We then lay a framework for the prevention and correction of unhealthy coping mechanisms and provide practical tools for maintaining wellbeing.
Vicarious Trauma
Burnout & Stress Management
Burnout & Stress Management
Lawyers frequently encounter upsetting realities in their work with clients and can develop trauma vicariously while dealing with particularly difficult or personally relatable matters. Our Vicarious Trauma Workshop defines vicarious trauma in plain English and outlines its early warning signs, symptoms, and effects. We then provide practical tools for prevention and management.
Burnout & Stress Management
Burnout & Stress Management
Burnout & Stress Management
Law is an infamously stressful field. Many legal professionals face chronic stress and fatigue from early on in their careers, often starting in law school. Our Burnout and Stress Management Workshop addresses this dilemma and outlines the early warning signs of stress-related mental health concerns. We then offer a toolkit for stress and fatigue management and professional reinvigoration.