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Need info on your requirements?
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The materials for this course are available online
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CE Credits: 3 hours
Online Course with Video-Streaming plus DVD: $65
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Leading experts in the field of traumatic stress share their experiences and understanding of compassion fatigue. Key symptoms of work-related stress are described, with a distinction made between compassion fatigue and burnout. You will learn how to prevent compassion fatigue through self-care, as well as how to monitor its occurrence.
An informative and moving video allows you to hear from the heart of professionals who have been helping those who have suffered traumatic life events.
Gift From Within is a nonprofit organization dedicated to those who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), those at risk for PTSD, and those who care for traumatized individuals. (online materials including video-streaming and DVD by mail)
Dr. Frank Ochberg, is the founder of Gift from Within and co-founder of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Dr. Ochberg is the former Associate Director of the National Institute of Mental Health and a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Michigan State University. He was the editor of America's first PTSD treatment text. Dr. Angie Panos holds a Ph.D in Clinical Psychology. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, and a licensed clinical social worker. She has more than 20 years experience in traumatic stress treatment, dealing with war refugees, domestic violence, victims of rape and child abuse. Dr. Panos is a certified employee assistance professional, consulting with organizations in the prevention and response to workplace violence.
Charles Figley, PhD, is the Distinguished Chair in Disaster Mental Health and a Tulane University Graduate School of Social Work Professor since July 2008. . He is a former Fulbright Fellow and Professor in the College of Social Work at Florida State University. He is also director of the award-winning Traumatology Institute . He is founding editor of the Journal of Traumatic Stress and currently editor of Traumatology. Professor Figley has written more than 250 scholarly works including 20 books. One of the country's leading academics on trauma and disasters, he was instrumental in establishing the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); and coined the phrase "compassion fatigue".
Danica Borkovich Anderson is a Certified Clinical Criminal Justice Specialist 16713, Fellow in the Academy of Trauma Experts and a Psycho-social Gender Victims Expert for the International Criminal Court in the Hague, The Netherlands. Her non-profit is The Kolo: Women's Cross Cultural Collaboration - www.kolocollaboration.org
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Part I. "Gift from Within" Articles
- When Helping Hurts
by Frank M. Ochberg, M.D.
- Understanding and Preventing Compassion Fatigue
by Angie Panos, Ph.D.
- Compassion Fatigue: An Introduction
by Charles R. Figley, Ph.D.
- The Art and Science of Caring for Others without Forgetting Self-Care
by Charles R. Figley, Ph.D.
- Bosnia's Death Highway: My Personal Story of Trauma Work, Compassion Fatigue and Hope
by Danica Borkovich Anderson, M.A., B.C.E.T.S.
Part II. "When Helping Hurts - Sustaining Trauma Workers"
Online video-streaming - 50 minutes
produced by "Gift from Within"
(A 17-minute condensed DVD will be mailed for your personal use.)
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At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
- recognize the symptoms of compassion fatigue.
- make a distinction between compassion fatigue and burn-out.
- identify key elements of the clinician's self-care.
- take appropriate measures if compassion fatigue occurs.
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This course is appropriate for all levels of experience, including beginning, intermediate and advanced practitioners.
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Psychologists, Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists who work in the field of traumatic stress or may be preparing to do so. |
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