Volunteering with a Trauma Lens
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Companion Slides
The savior complex, predictability as intervention, and volunteer-specific boundaries.
Key Concepts
- The savior complex: helping that's really about you
- Predictability IS the intervention for volunteers
- Short-term presence, long-term impact — being intentional
- Volunteer-specific boundary challenges
- Doing less, but doing it consistently and well
Part of
Module 6: Making TIC Real
Do no harm, putting skills together, trauma-informed organizations, volunteering with a trauma lens, and walking the talk.