Full Course Description

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

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.

Program Information

Objectives

Assess symptoms of burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma.
Utilize two strategies for managing work-related distress from working with military veterans to improve treatment outcomes.
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

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