View Slide Deck Healthcare Providers are meeting the challenge of providing compassionate and effective services throughout this challenging time. Healthcare providers also need to be compassionate with themselves, attention to self-care helps maintain wellness.  In this webinar, we will introduce the Self-Care Program Manual intended to help professionals in a range of disciplines and settings facilitate brief self-care sessions with their peers and colleagues. The Manual includes information for facilitating each session. After the webinar, we will host a series of sessions as well as a detailed outline of what the facilitator will say and do during each session.  Each session provides an opportunity to develop skills to improve well-being. When people take care of themselves first, they are better able to offer high-quality support and services, manage emotions, and re-connect to purpose and meaning in their work and life. Presenter: Peggy Swarbrick, Ph.D., FAOTA, is the Associate Director of the Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies and a Research Professor in the Applied Department of Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers. She developed a strength-based 8-dimensional wellness model to promote recovery from mental health and substance use and has created self-care wellness programs for people in recovery, caregivers, families, youth, and professionals. As a co-investigator, consultant, and collaborator on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) grants as well as the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) grants, she has contributed to research and been a lead for developing training and intervention manuals for many of these projects. Dr. Swarbrick was a co-investigator on Perspectives on the International Classification of Diseases (11th revision); Using lived experience to improve mental health diagnoses in the United States: INCLUDE – US Study. She worked for many years at the Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey Wellness Institute. Related Products: Pause, Breathe, Move: Self-Care for Healthcare Providers Self-Care Program Manual Taking Care of Yourself While Taking Care of Others Movement Video Series Peer Support for Healthcare Providers

Professionals in general healthcare, behavioral healthcare, and educational settings are trained to support, educate, and inspire others. While they are wonderful at caring for others they may have difficulty tending to their own well-being.   Burnout and compassion fatigue can lead to poor job performance which can negatively impact colleagues, patients/clients, and students, as well as family and friends.  Attention to self-care and simple daily practices can build resilience and increase a person’s overall wellness.   This Self-Care Facilitation Manual (“the Manual”) will help professionals in a range of disciplines and settings facilitate brief self-care sessions with their peers and colleagues. The Manual includes information for facilitating each session. There is a session plan provided for each session as well as a detailed outline of what the facilitator will say and do during each session.   Related Products: Pause, Breathe, Move: Self-Care for Healthcare Providers Taking Care of Yourself While Taking Care of Others Movement Video Series Peer Support for Healthcare Providers

Moving our bodies can help us to calm our minds. This set of 7 brief videos are reminders to get up, stretch and take a pause when you need it.  These mindful movements presented by our guide, physical therapist Dr. Ellen Anderson, are intended to address targeted areas to help us gently stretch and release tension such as our breath, back and neck. Each video reviews the interaction between mind and body and demonstrates simple practices that are accessible to most. The next time you feel tension starting to take over, give one of our videos a try! Please discuss physical activity with your medical provider before you begin. These videos are not intended to replace medical treatment, if you are experiencing pain please seek immediate medical care. Related Products: Self-Care Program Manual Pause, Breathe, Move: Self-Care for Healthcare Providers Taking Care of Yourself While Taking Care of Others  

The Northeast and Caribbean MHTTC is offering a self-paced, online, three-part HealtheKnowledge course, Wellness Matters: Self-Care for Mental Health Providers. We know that mental health care professionals commit time and energy to the care of others everyday, yet it can be difficult to find the time and energy to address their own self-care. This course offers self-care strategies and wellness frameworks, along with practices to increase resilience and flourish in one's personal and professional life. Resources are provided along with many opportunities for self-reflection. This course consists of 3 one-hour modules with interactive exercises and assessments focusing on: Self-Care Strategies to Survive and Thrive: Why does it matter? Wellness Frameworks and Strategies: The Dimensions Personal and Professional Resilience: Coming back stronger than ever Download flyer

View Slide Deck Session 1 will introduce taking time for yourself and specifically taking a few moments to “pause”. The purpose of the session is for participants to focus on the present moment, taking time to pause and become aware of their thoughts and breath. Consider pausing throughout the day – before or after patient care, at the end of a shift, or when a person catches themselves starting to feel uncomfortable. Taking time to focus, even for a few minutes, can help improve mood, decrease anxiety, and lessen feelings of stress. Facilitators: Michelle Zechner, Ph.D., LSW, CPRP is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers-SHP, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Programs and has focused her career on helping people and their families recover from mental illness for over 25 years, with special expertise in health promotion initiatives. She has worked in a variety of community and inpatient settings, including nursing homes, outpatient mental health services, state psychiatric hospitals, and community services for older adults. In her current role, she has focused on the implementation of evidence-based psychosocial practices in psychiatric hospitals, developing and testing health and wellness promotion interventions in community settings, teaching students, training diverse mental health staff on best practice interventions for older persons with mental health conditions, and conducting research. Dr. Zechner’s research includes the development of programs focused on multi-domain wellness for people with mental health conditions, promotion of and adherence to physical activity in persons with mental illness, use of peer health coaching strategies, and identifying best practices for use with older adults with mental health conditions. She has co-authored peer-reviewed and technical publications on health promotion for persons with mental illness and has presented her work at local, national, and international conferences. She is passionate about supporting older people with mental health conditions to improve their mental and physical health.   Peggy Swarbrick, Ph.D., FAOTA, is the Associate Director of the Center of Alcohol and Substance Use Studies and a Research Professor in the Applied Department of Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers. She developed a strength-based 8-dimensional wellness model to promote recovery from mental health and substance use and has created self-care wellness programs for people in recovery, caregivers, families, youth, and professionals. As a co-investigator, consultant, and collaborator on Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) grants as well as the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA) grants, she has contributed to research and been a lead for developing training and intervention manuals for many of these projects. Dr. Swarbrick was a co-investigator on Perspectives on the International Classification of Diseases (11th revision); Using lived experience to improve mental health diagnoses in the United States: INCLUDE – US Study. She worked for many years at the Collaborative Support Programs of New Jersey Wellness Institute. Related Products: Self-Care Program Manual Taking Care of Yourself While Taking Care of Others Movement Video Series Getting the Supports You Need

View Presentation Slides A public health crisis like the Covid-19 pandemic causes distress for all involved, including career service providers. Attending to our personal wellbeing during this time is just as important as supporting individuals receiving services. This webinar highlights specific tools, strategies, and resources that promote provider wellbeing.   Session Objectives: Recognize the impact of the current public health crisis on staff wellbeing Identify the signs of distress and burnout Apply wellness strategies to address distress and burnout for career service providers Related Products: Taking Care of Yourself While Taking Care of Others Flourishing at Work Webinar Series Flourishing at Work Podcast Series Integración de Prácticas de Autocuidado en la Vida Cotidiana Para Profesionales de la Salud Mental Bouncing Back: Building Resilience at Work in the Time of COVID-19