Dr. Kristin Neff presents: "Self-Compassion for Helping Professionals: Caring for Others without Losing Yourself": ONLINE LIVE STREAM EVENT
Event date: 11/08/2023
Event type: Single day (a day or less)
Workshop Description
Mental health professionals, health-care workers, and others who work in a helping field often have an enhanced capacity for empathic resonance. This is, in part, why we are so good at our jobs. Unfortunately, there’s a downside to this evolved capacity. When we are in the presence of others in emotional or physical pain, we feel their pain. Over time, if we are constantly giving our energy, care and compassion to others - without offering ourselves the same - we can deplete our emotional resources and experience exhaustion, stress, empathic distress, burnout, and a decrease in overall well-being.
It's essential that we learn to have self-compassion for the challenges of professional helping so that our cup doesn’t run dry.
Self-compassion is crucial because it allows us to resource ourselves so that we can sustain giving to others without burning out. The more compassion flows inward, the more that’s available to flow outward. Self-compassion also offers a counterbalance to the self-critical and perfectionistic tendencies that can often plague those in helping professions. By acknowledging the difficulty of professional caregiving, recognizing our own humanity, and giving ourselves the same kindness and support that we offer our clients, we can replenish our energy reserves and sustain our passion for our work. This, in turn leads to more sustainable and effective care for our clients and patients.
This transformative workshop led by Kristin Neff, world renowned self-compassion researcher and expert, will present theory and research on the vital role that self-compassion plays for helping professionals. Through experiential exercises, discussions, and practical strategies, this workshop will guide you to develop a self-compassion practice that supports your well-being, resilience, and ability to continue the important work that you do in this world.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the components and benefits of self-compassion, and its relevance to helping professionals
- Distinguish between empathy fatigue and compassion fatigue
- Identify the link between self-compassion, stress and burnout
- Learn evidence-based techniques for developing self-compassion, tailored to the unique challenges faced by helping professionals
- Develop practical strategies for integrating self-compassion into daily practice to enhance resilience, prevent burnout, and promote well-being
- Reconnect with your core values as professional helpers
*Note: There is significant overlap between this workshop and our past workshops with Kristin entitled "Self-Compassion & Emotional Resilience" (2016, 2017 & 2019) and "Self-Compassion: Relating to Ourselves with Kindness" (2021).
You will receive:
- Login details and instructions emailed in advance of the workshop
- Downloadable handouts
- Certificate of attendance upon successful completion of a brief online quiz (if desired)
- Access to a recording of the workshop for a limited period of time after the workshop - so if you can’t join live, or need to miss part of the live workshop and want to view it afterwards, we’ve got you covered!
About the Presenter
Kristin Neff, Ph.D., is a pioneer in the field of self-compassion research, conducting the first empirical studies on self-compassion over two decades ago.
Kristin’s work has received extensive media coverage, including the New York Times, MSNBC, National Public Radio, Reader’s Digest, and Psychology Today. She offers workshops on self-compassion worldwide, and has developed (in partnership with Chris Germer) an eight-week Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program; an empirically supported and internationally recognized program designed to cultivate self-compassion. In 2016, Kristin also partnered with Brené Brown, Ph.D., to develop and co-facilitate an online course on Self-Compassion.
Kristin is currently an Associate Professor of Human Development and Culture at the University of Texas at Austin. In addition to writing numerous academic articles on the topic, she is author of the books Self-Compassion and Fierce Self-Compassion, and co-author (with Chris Germer) of the books The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook and Teaching the Mindful Self-Compassion Program: A Guide for Professionals.