Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care

CEUs: 3
Cost: $60

As helping professionals, we often place the well-being of others ahead of our well-being. However, far too often we do not consider the personal cost of pushing ourselves to be as helpful as possible for clients with serious mental health issues. In this presentation, attendees will learn about the concepts of compassion fatigue, vicarious traumatization and burnout as well as a clinician’s ethical responsibilities when they recognize professional impairment in themselves or others. The presentation also focuses on increasing attendee’s understanding of how various risk factors contribute to the potential of developing compassion fatigue and burnout. Attendees will gain an understanding of and practice wellness strategies as well as develop their self-care plan.