Heal Thyself
Workshop- Compassion Fatigue: Heal Thyself (3-CEUs)
Description
Compassion Fatigue: Heal Thyself explores how vicarious stress and trauma can impact a clinician’s emotional health. Consideration is given to the importance of being mindful of one’s personal wellbeing. If we are compromised with stress and experience “burn-out,” we potentially place our clients at risk of receiving less than quality support. Focus will be placed on identifying signs of secondary trauma and self-care strategies for stress reduction. Lastly the efficacy of theses integral therapy practices as a part of stress reduction for patients in clinical treatment will be considered in conjunction with other psychodynamic and behavioral modalities.
Learning Objectives
- Define Compassion Fatigue also known as secondary trauma.
- Identify the signs of “burn-out.”
- Identify self-care strategies (mindfulness, meditation, breathing and progressive muscle relaxation).
- Recognize ways to draw healthy boundaries.
- Identify ways to advocate for your professional and personal needs in the workplace.
- Course will provide tools of mindfulness, meditation and relaxed breathing as ways to minimize negative impact of compassion fatigue.