Judicial wellness may sound like a new US courtroom drama, maybe one you’d find on Netflix but with a bit of yoga and health thrown in for good measure. That’s not entirely inaccurate, though this isn’t a new TV show, it’s an actual wellness programme running in the USA, in courtrooms and other highly-charged legal environments across the country.
Anyone who’s been involved with a juvenile or family court, whether it be directly or through someone they know, will be familiar with all the pressures that entails.
It’s hard for all those caught up in the legal process — but what about the professionals who make things tick, the lawyers and the judges and the support staff, who are involved every single day?
Stigma for mental healthaffect children — even dealing with the effects of secondary trauma.