1. Compassion Fatigue: Strategies for Resilience
Nicole O-Pries, LCSW

2. How do you jump back onto your lily pad?

3. Understanding Compassion Fatigue
Burnout + Cumulative Secondary Traumatic Stress = Compassion Fatigue
Burnout: A state of emotional and physical exhaustion caused by a prolonged period of stress, frustration, and/or disappointment in the work.

4. Traumatic Stress

5. Compassion Satisfaction/Fatigue Assessment
Free download of measure and directions

6. Resilience
The process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, threats, and significant sources of stress.*
*adapted from the American Psychological Association
Factors in Resilience
having caring and supportive relationships within & outside the family
the capacity to make realistic plans & take steps to carry them out
a positive view of yourself & confidence in your strengths and abilities
skills in communication and problem solving
the capacity to manage strong feelings and impulses

7. Individual Factors in Resilience Organizational Factors in Resilience

8. Created by Many Struggling Helpers
Recipe for Self-Care
Ingredients:
1 cup Intention
½ cup Regulation
½ cup Validation
2 cups Making Time for You
3 cups Connection
Note: The amount of each ingredient varies from person to person, but it’s important to use every ingredient.

9. Intention Why did you choose to do this work?
What are the principles that bring you to this work?

10. Regulation Thoughts What you do in the moment… Emotions Actions
body’s feelings
(sensory experience)

11. Validation
Tell yourself what you need to hear.

12. Making Time for You What you schedule/plan - routine activities
Often the resolutions
BE KIND TO YOURSELF!

13. Connection What support do you need from others?
Who can give that to you?
How will you tell them what you need?

14. Created by Many Struggling Helpers
Recipe for Self-Care
Ingredients:
1 cup Intention
½ cup Regulation
½ cup Validation
2 cups Making Time for You
3 cups Connection
Note: The amount of each ingredient varies from person to person, but it’s important to use every ingredient.