Nervous System Care & Sustainable Frontline Practice

March 26, 2026

This webinar offered frontline workers practical strategies to recognize early signs of nervous system strain, strengthen boundaries, and apply somatic micro-skills before stress, burnout, or moral injury accumulate. Grounded in a trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and non-pathologizing approach, the session reflected the realities of frontline work across Atlantic Canada.

We’re excited to share the resources from the webinar so you can continue practicing, reflecting, and integrating these strategies into your daily work.

Boundary Script Bank: Dignity-Protecting Language for Work
This guide provides practical examples of language to clearly communicate boundaries while maintaining connection and respect. Frontline workers can use these scripts to manage high-pressure situations without sacrificing dignity or relationships.

Implementation Guide: Tools to Notice Stress and Support Yourself in the Moment
This guide introduces simple strategies to recognize early signs of nervous system strain and respond with micro-skills. It helps participants manage stress in the moment, protecting clarity, capacity, and well-being while continuing to support others.

Advanced Reset Protocol: Resetting After Intensity
This guide offers practical exercises to reset the nervous system after intense interactions. These short techniques help prevent stress from accumulating and prepare workers to engage in the next interaction with focus, calm, and care.

Team Reflection Guide: Integrating Nervous System Care into Teams
This guide supports teams in creating a culture of nervous system care. It provides prompts and exercises to encourage discussion, shared strategies, and collective well-being, helping teams sustain their work and support each other effectively.

Webinar Slides
The full presentation slides provide a reference for the webinar content. They can be used for review, team discussion, or as a training tool to reinforce the strategies introduced during the session.

About the Presenter

Rajni Sharma

Rajni Sharma is a Registered Psychotherapist and Art Therapist. She holds membership with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario (CRPO). She initially completed a graduate diploma in Art Therapy and then went on to complete a Masters in Counselling Psychology. In April 2024, she completed her Ph.D. in Community Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her research is on how to address and heal from the experiences of racial trauma in therapy.

Rajni has been practicing in the mental health field for the last 12 years. She has worked with a diverse range of clients in clinical and community settings. Her experiences have allowed her to adapt therapy to the needs of the client, whether for crisis intervention or long-term therapy. She uses techniques from narrative Therapy, art therapy, mindfulness/self-compassion, cognitive-based therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, liberation psychology, Internal Family Systems, Buddhist Psychology, and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing).

Her work with clients includes exploring the mind-body connection to heal trauma, discovering how past experiences are connected to the present, unpacking thought patterns, regulating emotions, or learning how our challenges are connected to larger-system and structural realities that can be oppressive and impact our mental health.