Self-care for Providers is a dynamic, interactive workshop that addresses the healing and self-care needs of providers, supervisors, and others who are of vital assistance to individuals, children, and families navigating substance use and mental health challenges. Topics include secondary traumatic stress, burnout, vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, and building resilience on the individual and organizational level.
Objectives:
- Understand and define the elements of compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, and stress
- Understand and define burnout and how it relates to organizational characteristics
- Describe and prepare strategies to build emotional resilience at an individual and organizational level
- Define the process by which individuals and organizations can move from reactivity to resilience through the use of assessment, prevention, and intervention