Developing Balance Amidst Treating Trauma:
An Ethical Buddhist Approach
When November 8, 2025 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Online Workshop Zoom link to be provided
Portland, OR
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Continuing Education Workshop For Mental Health Professionals
As therapists we are impacted by the trauma our clients bring into sessions. Exposure to trauma can affect our ability to be present to ourselves, our lives, and our clients, as well as create ethical dilemmas. Burnout, compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, all can come from trauma exposure. Without awareness of how we are impacted, and practices that restore balance, we are vulnerable to ethical blind spots.
In this workshop, we explore the impact of working with trauma and practices that can help develop balance and ethical integrity.
Participants will learn Reflective Meditation, an innovative, contemplative meditation approach to bring gentle awareness to how they hold the trauma of others.
Participants will also apply Buddhist teachings on the development of compassion, loving-kindness, equanimity, and empathetic joy, and how these can help cope with the impact of trauma exposure and restore balance.
Learning Objectives:
Learn about the impact of working with trauma in clinical practice and its ethical implications.
Identify how greater internal balance can be a safeguard against ethical violations of regarding professional boundaries, dual relationships and confidentiality
Learn and apply a Buddhist framework for developing capacity for balance amidst treating trauma.
Practice Reflective Meditation to nurture connection to self and others and sustain you as a therapist.
Experience a unique opportunity to develop more self-compassion in the face of professional stressors.
Adopt an adaptation of ACA Code of Ethics as workshop agreements.
Join us in this transformative workshop to develop restorative practices, ethical insight, and personal/professional growth. Limited spots available for a more personalized learning experience.
Cost: The workshop is offered at three price points: $225, $175 and there are three slots available in this workshop at a registration fee of $125 for students, interns, or those who are financially challenged. Honestly consider what you can afford. If you're able to pay on the higher end, this will support others who are experiencing financial challenges.
We are offering one free slot to BIPOC therapists. To request the slot, please email Charlotte August at ethics@pinestreetsangha.org. This slot is no longer available. Please email if interested in being on a waiting list.
Please note that we are currently limiting registration to 16 participants. This workshop is best taught in small groups as it is interpersonal, requiring intimacy and insight building; it is experiential rather than primarily didactic.
If this event is FULL, you can contact Charlotte August at ethics@pinestreetsangha.org and ask to be put on the Waiting List.
**Pine Street Sangha has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6694. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Pine Street Sangha is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
