Professional Self-Care – When Helping Others Hurts

Time and Date: Tuesday 16th August, 1pm – 3pm NZST

Platform: Zoom (recorded for access after the live session)

Cost: $89 + GST with a discount available for groups of 5 or more

REGISTER HERE: https://book.griefcentre.org.nz/self-care-4

Who should attend this webinar?

Anyone who works in a professional care role or supports people through all forms of grief and loss e.g. Social Workers, Teachers, Counsellors, Doctors, EMT, Corrections, Mental Health, Hospice, Volunteers etc.

Overview

To be effective and stay healthy in our professional roles we need to take care of ourselves first.

This training looks at the importance of physical, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual nurturing and how it must be combined with self-reflection and self-awareness.

Key Learning Points

• True empathy and compassion and their impact
• Self-care needs and responsibilities of professionals
• Causes of compassion fatigue, overload, and burnout
• The difference between self-nurturing and self-awareness
• The practice of self-reflection and self-awareness when working with people dealing with loss, grief, and trauma.
• The indicators to look for and developing a personal early warning system.
• A recovery plan for you/your team member to heal from burn out or compassion fatigue