Course Detail: SW2000 - Look at the Helpers: Addressing Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Shared Trauma in the Helping Community

Overview: "Mental health" is in the news and trending, yet we hear almost nothing about supporting those who are providing mental health and social services support to their communities. Research shows that mental health providers face an increased risk of compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary traumatization; compassion fatigue is truly an occupational hazard in our field. Remember the adage, you can't pour from an empty cup? This workshop was designed to help "fill the cup", or at least encourage us to start thinking about ways to do so, through a resilience lens. The workshop will provide a collective overview of compassion fatigue, burnout, and shared trauma (Tosone, 2012), and offer registrants a framework for addressing and mitigating the effects and impact of burnout and CF. We will invite and encourage participants to reflect upon and lean into their own plan for personal and professional self-care, through the spirit of discussion, community building (via breakout groups), and reflection. There is no debating the fact that these matters of professional impact must be normalized and interrogated if the helpers are going to be able to continue to help, long after mental health stops trending on Twitter. Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to:1.Identify and recognize compassion fatigue, burnout, and shared trauma in the helping profession.2. Locate risk factors related to both compassion fatigue and burnout.3. Define personal and professional strategies to mitigate the impact of both compassion fatigue, burnout, and shared trauma, and develop a personal and professional plan for sustainability and reflection. Presented by:Renee M. Rawcliffe , LMSW

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