compassion fatigue burnout and vicarious trauma

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Understanding Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Vicarious Trauma Events

We pay an emotional price for doing the work that we do: Some of us hear difficult stories daily and are frequently exposed to traumatic details from the cases we are working on. We are also not always able to help everyone who comes to us for help - the demand often outweighs what we can offer. What is the impact of this work on our own emotional well-being, on our personal life?

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Not feeling “yourself” at work or at home? Intrusive thoughts or challenging emotions? You may be affected by vicarious trauma Forum topic

Vicarious trauma is a common experience among medical professionals, mental health professions, direct service workers and advocates however, it is not easy to identify and deal with it's many manifestations.

This Friday (Feb 7), take an in-depth look at vicarious trauma, and countertransference, contributing factors in its development, manifestations on a personal and professional level along with resiliency-based strategies to address it with Bo Yih Thom, MSW., RSW., in the workshop When the Personal is Professional: Understanding and addressing vicarious trauma.

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Caring for Self while Caring for Others: Resilience - Beyond the Hype and Towards an Attitude of Hope Events

Speakers:  Harry Zeit MD and Irina Dumitrache CYT 

In the field of clinician wellness and health, other than self-care, no term has been as utilized – and perhaps of late demonized – than resilience. We know that resilience is important. We may carry some ideas and pre-conceptions of what it means to be resilient. Yet of late, on social media and in medical blogs, more and more physicians note that the word carries connotations of blame and associations with systems that exploit and abuse.

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