Speaking Topic: Compassion Fatigue

Professionals and volunteers who listen to stories of fear, pain and suffering of others can experience compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue is also thought of as Secondary Post Traumatic Stress. People working in hospital and patient care, social services and court systems are at great risk of having compassion fatigue affect their lives. The damage done by Compassion Fatigue: •Job performance goes down, mistakes go up •The helping professional re-experiences the traumatic event •Loss of a sense of self to the patients and clients served •Tendency to eliminate the very things that would revitalize you •Life goes out of balance •Decreases in stamina, decreases in efficiency, and decreases in satisfaction In this presentation, Susan will show you how to: •Identify the causes and symptoms of compassion fatigue •Focus attention and energy to combat the effects of compassion fatigue •Self-assess and develop a plan for preventing compassion fatigue



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