Teaching
Dr. Rousseau offers a range of trainings and curricula. She works extensively with diverse groups including law enforcement and first responders, yoga and mindfulness practitioners, educators, researchers, and entrepreneurs.
Dr. Rousseau’s academic teaching bridges the mental health and criminal justice systems. She encourages her students to engage in critical assessment and to actively question as they learn. She considers herself to be a feminist, activist and social justice scholar. Dr. Rousseau is a strong advocate of self-care in her students, particularly as related to the impacts of vicarious trauma.
Training
Training Areas
Trauma-informed Yoga
Mindful Anti-racism
Radical Empowerment
Trauma-informed and Universally Inclusive Practices
Mindfulness
Resilience Building through Radical Self-compassion and Radical Self-care
Social Justice
Trauma and the Work of Care/Vicarious Trauma
Training Collaborations
Yoga 4 Change
Open Spirit Center
Nourishing Teachers, Strengthening Classrooms
Framingham Public School System
Rebel Breath
Yoga Service Council
Academic Courses Taught
Trauma and Crisis Intervention
Sexual Violence
Criminology and Crime Policy
Research Methods
Forensic Behavior Analysis
Additional academic courses taught:
Crime and Mental Illness
Gender and Justice
Crime and Delinquency
Violence and Trauma