AUSIT Webinar | 20250319 Navigating the Invisible Burden: Stress Anxiety and Self Care

Join us for this essential discussion on fostering resilience, reducing stress and anxiety, and practising self-care as a translator or interpreter.

Working as an interpreter and/or translator can be highly rewarding, however, the nature of this work can also place interpreters and translators at risk of experiencing high levels of stress, anxiety and burnout. This training will focus on understanding the sources and impacts of stress and anxiety unique to translators and interpreters, while also introducing self-care as well as effective coping strategies. This presentation will focus on:

– Better understanding stress and psychological stress;
– Better understanding anxiety and anxiety management;
– Exploring self-care and what self-care means to you?

Our Presenter – Sarah Funnell

Sarah is a Senior Clinical Psychologist at NSW Justice Health & Forensic Mental Health Network and Director and Founder of Elevate Psychology Centre. She has extensive experience working across different areas of the public sector. Sarah has substantial experience working with a myriad of presentation types. She has a strong commitment to promoting positive and meaningful change in the lives of individuals and families affected by mental health issues. Additionally, Sarah is very passionate about improving service provision and change within organisations, as well as providing support, supervision and training to individuals.

Webinar Duration: 1:45 mins