Episodes

  • Skills for Psychological Resilience after Loss
    Nov 17 2025

    In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Tracy Clemans PsyD, CSW discusses Skills for Psychological Resilience after Loss.

    Tracy Clemans is the AWARE Project Coordinator and a clinician at the University of Kentucky Center on Trauma and Children.

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    7 mins
  • Reflective Supervision to Enhance Staff Wellbeing
    Sep 25 2025

    In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Holly Huber Gifford discusses reflective supervision as a strategy to enhance staff member’s wellbeing.

    Holly Huber Gifford, Ph.D. is a post-doctoral scholar at the University of Kentucky Center on Trauma and Children.

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    7 mins
  • Creating Effective Organizational Change Toward Being Secondary Traumatic Stress Informed
    Apr 21 2025

    Dr. Ginny Sprang discusses strategies for Creating Effective Organizational Change Toward Being Secondary Traumatic Stress Informed

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    4 mins
  • Pause, Reset, Nourish
    Oct 17 2024

    Dr. Ginny Sprang explains the self-regulation strategy PRN and shares how it may reduce unwanted symptoms of stress to boost well-being.

    Dr. Ginny Sprang is a professor of psychiatry in the University of Kentucky College of Medicine and is the Executive Director of the University of Kentucky Center on Trauma and Children (CTAC). She is also the principal investigator of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Innovations and Solutions Center at CTAC.

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    5 mins
  • How Supervisors Can Combat Secondary Traumatic Stress
    Sep 18 2024

    Stephanie Gusler, Ph.D. talks with us about how supervisors can support their supervisees who may be experiencing secondary traumatic stress. Specific tips are provided to help supervisors become more STS-informed, assess areas of need related to providing STS-informed supervision, and where to access resources.

    Dr. Gusler is an assistant professor and clinician at the University of Kentucky’s Center on Trauma and Children.4

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    5 mins
  • Creating Peer Networks of Support
    Aug 21 2024

    On this episode, Dr. Jessica Eslinger shares with us about how having a healthy peer network can help manage symptoms of secondary traumatic stress and offers tips for how to develop an effective peer network. This podcast is provided through a grant from SAMHSA to the Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities and the UK Center on Trauma and Children.

    Dr. Eslinger is an assistant professor and a clinician at the University of Kentucky’s Center on Trauma and Children.

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    8 mins
  • Using Resilience Buddies to Enhance Wellness at Work - Well@Work
    Jul 18 2024

    On this episode, Alex Clark explains how trauma exposure impacts mental and physical health and how peer support, like Resilience Buddies, can mitigate secondary traumatic stress (STS) symptoms. The episode offers practical tips for selecting and working with a Resilience Buddy, including setting goals, maintaining confidentiality, and engaging in self-care activities together.

    Alex Clark, MA, MDiv, LMFT is the Project Coordinator of the Secondary Traumatic Stress Innovations and Solutions Center and a clinician at the University of Kentucky Center on Trauma and Children

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    6 mins
  • Moral Distress
    Jun 20 2024

    Dr. Tracy Clemans helps us understand what moral distress is and how it can arise throughout one’s career, especially during times of elevated stress. Symptoms of moral distress are discussed, as well as tips for managing moral distress should it occur. This podcast is provided through a grant from the Department of Behavioral Health Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities and the UK Center on Trauma and Children

    Dr. Tracy Clemans is a psychologist and training specialist at the University of Kentucky’s Center on Trauma and Children.

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    10 mins