UNDERSTANDING & TRANSCENDING COMPASSION FATIGUE IN THERAPISTS: REIGNITING THE PROFESSIONAL SPARK
Presented by Vanessa N Kellner, LCPC, NCC, RPT-S, RYT
It’s a lot. We know how much you love your work with clients. Providing psychotherapy is simultaneously rewarding and can be incredibly energy depleting. In this unique and timely webinar therapists will have the opportunity to identify and understand how and why the work of therapy impacts us so immensely. We will consider how when working with clients, we as clinicians must take into consideration our own experience of the work. Preventing compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma will be addressed through the lens of wellness so that therapists gain a greater understanding of how their overall health and clinical stamina can be maintained and even improved so that they can keep doing their best work; focusing on helping clients heal, grow, and thrive - through their work in therapy. In this course, participants will have multiple authentic learning experiences..
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1) Identify common triggers for compassion fatigue in the clinical work of psychotherapy.
2) Describe how therapists can prevent compassion fatigue.
3) Describe how to identify compassion fatigue in self and supervisees.
The Presenter
Vanessa received both her master's degree and her post-master's certificate from Johns Hopkins University in 2011. She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in the state of Maryland and a National Board Certified Counselor. She is a credentialed Play Therapist and Play Therapy Supervisor (RPT-S) and member of the Association for Play Therapy (APT) and the American Counseling Association (ACA). Vanessa specializes in Child-Centered Play Therapy and has earned specialized certifications as a Child-Centered Play Therapist, credentialed through both the National Institute of Relationship Enhancement and the Center for Play Therapy at University of North Texas.
In addition to being a licensed therapist, Vanessa is a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance. She has developed and run school-based yoga programs in both public and private schools. Vanessa has also worked with other local mental health providers to create yoga and mindfulness group curriculums, offering yoga programs addressing the mental health needs of children and families. Some of these programs include Yoga for Anxiety, Yoga and Mindfulness for Kids, and Yoga and Mindfulness Workshops for Pre-Teens and Families.
Vanessa regularly utilizes nature and other expressive arts in her therapy work, including nature based sessions, movement, sandplay therapy, and a variety of art mediums.
Cost: LCPCM members - $30 / Non-members - $40 ($5.00 fee for all refunds)
CEUs: 2 (10am to 12pm) No partial credit will be given
Registration limited!
Registration will end December 9th at 11:59pm
Zoom link will be emailed to those registered approximately 24 hours prior to class.
Class evaluation and CEU certificate link will be sent on the following Monday (December 16, 2024)
