The Cost of Caring (Saskatoon)

Name: The Cost of Caring (Saskatoon)
Start: 2024-12-12T09:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-12-12T16:00:00-06:00
Location: Station 20 West

Schedule

Thu Dec 12 2024 at 09:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-06:00

Location

Station 20 West | Saskatoon, SK

Learn how to prevent and address compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and burnout.
OUTLINE
1. The Psychological Hazards of Helping Professions
- Understanding and identifying compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and burnout as occupational hazards within front line practice.
2. Self-Assessment
- Self-assessment of compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and burnout for each individual.
3. The Empathy Spectrum
- The cost of not caring: Exploring the alternative (practice without empathy, compassion, etc.).
- How “too much” empathy can be harmful.
- How boundaried empathy protects us.
4. Practical Strategies
- Professional grieving
- Mindfulness-based practice
- Self-reflexive practice
- Structured and informal debriefing
- Self-compassion
- Setting professional boundaries
- Value-based work
Register Here: https://oaksmentalhealth.ca/public-training/the-cost-of-caring-saskatoon-3/