APRIL 23, 2012
Sustaining compassionate, competent, professional care for others requires that we pay attention to the wellbeing of the professional caregiver. This is particularly true if the client group is one with significant, complex needs, traumatic histories, and other factors that can result in a secondary trauma for associated professionals who work with these individuals and their stories, past and present, day in and day out. This workshop is designed to give you insights, knowledge and practical tools for understanding, responding and preventing compassion fatigue. Lively, and experiential, you will have lots of opportunities to discuss what you're learning, and you'll leave with a personalized compassion fatigue resilience and resource tool kit.
Workshop Objectives:
- To develop awareness of what compassion fatigue is and its effects
- To explore the relationship of compassion fatigue to our work contexts and professional activities
- To identify individual strategies for limiting exposure to compassion fatigue
- To identify management and organizational practices that will prevent or reduce exposure to compassion fatigue
- To develop an individualized plan for optimizing personal resiliency, including positive self-care practices
Presenter: Marion Langford
Download Brochure
