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Digital Seminar

Caring for Self While Caring for Others: Vicarious Trauma, Compassion Fatigue, and Burnout in Work with Military and Veteran Clients


Faculty:
Irina Wen, PhD
Duration:
1 Hour 01 Minutes
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
15 Nov, 2022
Product Code:
POS059177
Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Access:
Never expires.

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Description

Working with military and veteran clients is meaningful and deeply rewarding. But witnessing suffering  can result in vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and burnout. This recorded session will give you the tools you need to incorporate self-care in your practice and in your life. You’ll learn to recognize essential signs of therapist stress and explore personal and organizational factors and strategies that help prevent it. Get the support you need to implement an effective self-care plan. 

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Objectives

  1. Assess symptoms of burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma. 
  2. Utilize two strategies for managing work-related distress from working with military veterans to improve treatment outcomes. 
  3. Develop a plan for addressing an organizational factor impacting burnout. 

Outline

  • Burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary/vicarious trauma 
  • Specific occupational stressors related to work with military veterans 
  • Assessment strategies 
  • Person-centered strategies for managing distress 
  • Organizational factors – what they are, what you can do about them 
  • Develop a practical self-care plan 
  • Limitations of the research and potential risks

Target Audience

  • Counsellors 
  • Social Workers 
  • Psychologists 
  • Psychiatrists 
  • Marriage & Family Therapists 
  • Addiction Counsellors 
  • Nurses 
  • Other mental health professionals

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