Neuroanatomy (Hand Model of the Brain)
These parts of the brain are represented by the thumb, palm, and fingers, respectively.
What are the amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex?
This term describes the emotional weight of exposure to stories of trauma.
What is secondary trauma (i.e., vicarious trauma)?
This trauma response is often characterized by aggression.
What is the fight response?
What is mobbing?
What is addressing our own well-being?
This part of the brain is crucial for emotional memories, fear responses, and quick decision-making.
What is the amygdala?
These people are at risk of experiencing secondary trauma.
Who is everyone?
This trauma response is often characterized by an inability to act.
What is the freeze response?
In the U.S., this term is often used in place of "mobbing."
What is workplace bullying?
This term describes providing ourselves with the same level of support, understanding, comfort, warmth, and acceptance as we would a friend.
What is self-kindness?
This part of the brain is crucial for storing short-term memories, consolidating memories, and learning.
What is the hippocampus?
This term describes the practice of caring for others and, in doing so, potentially experiencing secondary trauma.
What is trauma stewardship?
This trauma response is often characterized by leaving a situation (physically or mentally).
In Europe, this term more often describes harassment in the school setting than the workplace, but it is applied more generally in the U.S.
What is bullying?
This term describes our awareness, recognition, and acceptance of our struggles, thoughts, and present experience.
What is mindfulness?
This part of the brain is crucial for abstract thinking, problem-solving, emotional regulation, and slower decision-making.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
This term describes the phenomenon generally associated with the "cost of caring" for others.
What is compassion fatigue?
What is numbing?
Examples include harm to the employee, a violation of the dignity and/or other rights of the employee, and repeated behavior over a period of time in the workplace during working hours.
What are the qualifications of workplace bullying or mobbing?
This term reminds us that we are not alone in our experience; no one is perfect, everyone makes mistakes, and suffering is universal.
What is common humanity?
This person developed the "Hand Model of the Brain."
Who is Dr. Dan Siegel?
This type of trauma can ensue from multiple pervasive traumas over an extended period of time.
What is complex trauma?
This term describes the emotional, mental, and physical exhaustion that one feels when experiencing trauma.
What is burnout?
Examples include major depressive disorder, anxiety disorders, PTSD, and somatic symptoms.
What are some potential psychological outcomes of workplace bullying?
A state of being characterized by self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness.
What is self-compassion?