Studies show that approximately 30 percent of employees experience workplace bullying at some point in their careers, leading to increased stress, anxiety, depression, and decreased job satisfaction. Factors like bullying and cancel culture can have severe consequences for organizations, leading to a toxic work environment that affects team morale, cohesion, and trust. The essential importance of addressing bullying and toxic stress in victim services is to ensure the well-being of both staff and clients. Are you interested in understanding how to address the impact of bullying to empower your team and maintain well-being in high stress environments? Do you have questions about how to promote constructive dialogue when navigating challenging conversations?

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Arlene Vassell

Arlene Vassell currently serves as the founding director for the TooREL Institute for Social Change (September 2023–present) and is the executive director (PT) of the Association for VAWA Administrators (September 2024–present). Before establishing the TooREL Institute for Social Change, Ms. Vassell worked in various leadership roles at the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence from 2015 to 2023. She is an advocate with more than 25 years of experience in the movement to end violence. Over the last 20 years, she has served as an expert advisor and consultant for Futures Without Violence on issues related to children, youth, and families whose lives have been impacted by domestic violence. Her extensive nonprofit management experience includes developing and managing federally funded projects, creating survivor-centered messaging campaigns, and creating trauma-informed programs emphasizing enhancing services for all victims of crime. She has more than a decade of experience in developing and implementing mission-aligned sustainability strategies. She has significant experience conducting comprehensive training and providing technical assistance for various audiences, including foundations, government agencies, nonprofit organizations, faith-based institutions, sexual assault and domestic violence programs, state coalitions, community-based organizations, social service organizations, and the public.

Elizabeth Vermilyea

Elizabeth Vermilyea, Ph.D., is the deputy director of the Child Parent Institute, an agency working to end child abuse by strengthening families. She is also an independent consultant specializing in education, training, and program development for implementing trauma-informed and trauma-focused care. Dr. Vermilyea creates and delivers customized traumatic stress education programs and consults for a broad range of professional, paraprofessional, and public audiences in the United States and Canada. She provides substantive, interactive workshops on the pervasive effects of trauma, symptom management, compassion fatigue/vicarious traumatization, and the impact of victimization on individuals and relationships. She is the author of Growing Beyond Survival: A Self-help Toolkit for Addressing Symptoms of Traumatic Stress and co-author of Risking Connection in Faith Communities: A Training Curriculum for Faith Leaders Supporting Trauma Survivors.