(Fulfills training requirement for the Green Cross Compassion Fatigue Therapist Certification)
When: Friday, March 6, 2020
8:30am -5:00pm (lunch on your own)
Where: Richmont Graduate University- Atlanta Campus, 1900 The Exchange SE, Bldg. 100, Atlanta, GA 30339
Continuing Education: 6 CEs Awarded. Partial attendance is not awarded.
Certification Criteria: This course satisfies the criteria for Compassion Fatigue Educator Certification.
Target Audience: Clinical Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Psychologists, Students, Emergency Responders, Humanitarian Aid Workers, Laypersons Working with Traumatized Populations
Instruction Level: Intermediate
Fees:
- Richmont Students= $90.00
- Professionals= $130.00
Presenter: Vanessa Snyder, Ph.D.
Dr. Vanessa Snyder is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist, Certified Traumatologist, and AAMFT Approved Supervisor. She is a 2008 graduate as well as the VP of the Institute of Trauma and Recovery at Richmont Graduate University. She received her PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision from Regent University in VA. Her areas of research interests include: trauma in families, sexual abuse and trauma, trauma treatment with play/art therapy, assessment in treatment of adults who experience trauma/complex trauma, secondary traumatic stress, complex trauma model protocol used for human trafficking and dissociative disorders.
Topic: This workshop will provide each participant with the knowledge and skills necessary to reduce the secondary impact of working with traumatized populations. It includes a wide array of information and skills to help caregivers identify and combat compassion fatigue.
Learning Objectives: As a result of attending this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Articulate the developmental history of compassion fatigue including countertransference, caregiver stress, burnout, vicarious traumatization, and secondary traumatic stress
- Differentiate between compassion fatigue, secondary traumatic stress, and vicarious traumatization
- Articulate the unique array of symptoms indigenous to compassion fatigue
- Assess and identify symptoms of compassion fatigue in self and others
- Identify compassion fatigue triggers and early warning signs
- Articulate current theoretical models for the etiology and transmission of compassion fatigue
- Articulate and teach others the potential effects of traumatic stress upon systems (marriage, family, workplace, etc)
- Identify and utilize resources and plans for resiliency and prevention for self and ability to facilitate this plan with others
- Describe what is required to create and maintain a self-care plan for self and others as well as be familiar with the Academy of Traumatology’s Standards of Self Care for Traumatologists
- Discuss what is required to facilitate a self-care plan for self and others
- Provide psycho-education on the causes, symptoms, prevention, and treatment of compassion fatigue
- Abide by the Academy of Traumatology Standards of Practice and Ethics
Agenda:
| Part I – Introduction and Overview |
| Part II – Definitions |
| Part III – Theory of Compassion Fatigue |
| Part IV Standards of Care |
| Part V – Inventories of Self Care |
| Part VI – Creating a Self-Care Plan |
| Part VII – Creating a Self-Care Plan |
Registration: Click HERE
For questions about registration or Continuing Education, please contact Martha Busby at mbusby@richmont.edu.
Refunds: Refund requests must be received prior to February 28, 2020 in order to receive a full refund, otherwise there will a late cancellation fee.
There is no known commercial support for this program.
Richmont Graduate University has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 4534. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Richmont Graduate University is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Richmont Graduate University is approved by the American Psychologist Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Richmont Graduate University maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
