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The Cost of Caring: Preventing Empathic Distress and Compassion Fatigue (3 CE credits)
DATES:
Saturday, September 9 9:00am-12.15pm (Registration 8:30am)
DESCRIPTION:
An historical overview and case study of compassion stress injury (CSI)-will be presented. Following this, we will discuss building Resilience in Psychologists and Others Working with the Traumatized (What is compassion fatigue? Myth of invulnerability? Who gets CSI? The signs and symptoms of empathic distress and fatigue. Current empirical findings on risk, vulnerability, and protective factors. The program will conclude by addressing the question, "Why is empathy a double-edge sword?" from a neurobiological perspective and providing essentials for developing an effective self-care plan as well
treatment and recovery from CSI.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. Attendees will be able to describe at least three signs or symptoms of compassion fatigue and strategies for preventing compassion fatigue.
2. Attendees can identify several risk and protective factors for compassion fatigue within the Compassion Fatigue Resilience Model.
3. Attendess recognize at least three prevention strategies for an effective self-care plan.
PRESENTERS:
Dr. Charles R. Figley is an internationally acclaimed, distinguished chair at Tulane University, and pioneer in the field of traumatology and compassion fatigue. He is the Director of the Traumatology Institute and founding president of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, the founding editor of the Journal of Traumatic Stress and editor of Traumatology. Among Dr. Figley's numerous publications are The Traumatology of Grieving (1998) and the benchmark works Compassion Fatigue: Coping with Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder in Those Who Treat the Traumatized (1995) and Treating Compassion Fatigue 1st Edition (2002).
Dr. Mark C. Russell is a board-certified clinical psychologist and core faculty at Antioch University Seattle. He is the Director of Antiochs Institute of War Stress Injury, Recovery, and Social Justice and centrally featured in the recent documentary film: Thank you for your service! Dr. Russell has published over 28 articles/book chapters on traumatic stress including: The Double Edge of Empathy: Toward a Neurobiological Model of Compassion Stress Injury, as well as co-authoring: Treating Traumatic Stress Injury in Military Personnel (2013) with Dr. Figley.
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LocationAntioch University Seattle (View)
2400 3rd Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
United States
Categories
| Minimum Age: 18 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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