1. Coping with Compassion Fatigue for the School Counselor
Presented by:
Kim Connor, Psy.D. & Leigh Anne Long, M.Ed.

2. Naomi Remen “We cannot walk through water without getting wet.”
Training programs

3. Definitions
Compassion Fatigue
Vicarious Trauma
Burnout
Moral Distress

4. Negative Effects
Gabor Mate, “Our immune system does not exist in isolation from daily experience.”
Physical
Insomnia
Headaches
Increased susceptibility to illness
Hives
Ulcers, Reflux, IBS
HBP
Heart disease
Auto-immune disease
Pain
Can we understand the body as separate from the mind?
Dualism
Psychological
Depression & Anxiety

5. 3 Most Important People

6. Self Care
Cannot give what we personally do not have ourselves.

7. HELP! ProQol.org Daily Quote App Professional Quality of Life Survey
Provider Resilience App
Calendar since vacation
ProQol survey
Burnout update
Resilience Builders
Walk
Stretch
Affirmation
Personal day within 60 working days?
Laughter
Daily Quote App

8. Laughter Yoga
Madan Kataria, who writes about the practice in his 2002 book Laugh For No Reason
Voluntary laughter has same psychological and physiological health benefits as genuine laughter
Cartoons
Comedies
Limit news

9. Peer Support Low Impact Debriefing Anti-sliming strategy
Increase self awareness
Fair warning
Consent
Low impact disclosure
Formal vs. Informal

10. Signs of Compassion Fatigue
Physical
Behavioral
Psychological

11. Developing a Early Warning System

12. Continuum Personal and Current Life Factors Childhood Hx
Low Levels of Compassion Fatigue
Healthy and Fulfilled
High Levels of Compassion Fatigue
Leaving the Profession
Personal and Current Life Factors
Childhood Hx
Ways of coping
Personality
Taking care of kids and parents
Divorce
Relationship or Close ID with those being assisted
Working conditions
Volume of work, lack of control over caseload, lack of supervision, administration, insufficient training, personal injury, working in isolation

13. Help for the Helper Babette Rothchild Breaks Body Scan Feet on Ground
Jewelry
Pocket Stone
Focal Point Imagery
End of Day Rituals
Self-talk: “this is not my trauma”

14. Self Care Self Awareness How we deal with anger, hurt, and resentment
Being in tune with stress signals
Permanent overload
Transition time between work and home
Rituals
Work atmosphere
Gossiping
Negativity

15. Self Care Personal Strategies Balance between nourishing and depleting
Regular exercise
Meditation or Yoga
Non work interests
Debriefing
Social support

16. Resources The Compassion Fatigue Workbook, Francoise Mathieu
Help for the Helper, Babette Rothschild
Laugh For No Reason, Madan Kataria
When the Body Says No, Gabor Mate, MD
Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others, Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky and Connie Burk