Building Sanctuary: Creating Trauma-Informed Workplaces to Heal Burnout and Secondary Trauma in Behavioral Health

• By: Susie Branagan, RN, BSN Susie Branagan Consulting
• January 19th, 2026
• behavioral health workforce, burnout and compassion fatigue, healthcare technology, peer support, psychological safety, secondary trauma, staff wellbeing, trauma-informed care, Winter 2026 Issue
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The quiet exhaustion in Sarah’s eyes told a story that statistics could never capture. After eight years as a behavioral health nurse, she found herself sitting in her car each morning, summoning the strength to walk through the clinic doors. Anxiety in her chest, her neck, and the very hands she...