The Great Lakes MHTTC offers this training in partnership with IABH for behavioral health professionals in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, and WI. This training is offered in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.
Many people who work in human services consider their work to be a "calling." Two occupational hazards, burnout and compassion fatigue/secondary trauma threaten to undermine that calling and diminish your effectiveness. Burnout is caused by feeling ineffective in your work and organizational/team stress. Compassion fatigue (also called secondary trauma/secondary PTSD) is caused by absorbing the traumatic stories and experiences of clients. Both occupational hazards can lead to a loss of energy, loss of hope, loss of enthusiasm, loss of idealism, spiritual distress, and decreased effectiveness.
This virtual presentation focuses on how to prevent and recover from burnout and compassion fatigue. Emphasis will be placed upon: self-care; the four things high performers do to prevent burnout and compassion fatigue; how to maintain energy, reduce frustration in your clinical work and feel a greater sense of success.
• Be aware of the four stages of burnout
• Understand the differences between burnout and compassion fatigue
• Evaluate your personal vulnerability for developing compassion fatigue
• Be able to utilize 10 strategies to help prevent burnout and compassion fatigue
• Have skills to reduce frustration in your clinical work
• Be able to feel a greater sense of success in your work
2 CEU hours to be approved through the Illinois Certification Board (ICB)/IAODAPCA and the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation: Registered Social Worker CE Sponsor (LCSW, LSW, LCPC, LPC), Psychologist CE Sponsor
Fee: $20.00
Note: You may opt out of the CE hours.
For more information, please see the IABH registration page.
Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC,Il State Project Manager for the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC, is an international speaker, trainer, and consultant in the behavioral health field whose work has reached thousands throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Caribbean and British Islands.
