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Compassion Fatigue
Workshop 2
Workshop Outline
• Review
• Recognizing signs
• Individual coping strategies
• Self-Compassion as a coping strategy
• Return Self-Compassion Scale and discussion
• Mindfulness as a strategy
Review
• Compassion Fatigue
• Burnout
• Vicarious Trauma
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• Secondary Traumatic Stress
Burnout or Compassion Fatigue?
Madison
Diane
http://www.cartoonwork.com/workplace_g52-employee_burnout_p621.html
Vicarious Trauma or
Secondary Traumatic Stress?
• Isabella
• Jack
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Compassion Satisfaction and
Professional Quality of Life?
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Compassion Fatigue in Your
Placement?
Individual Coping Strategies
exercising
allowing for
self-reflection
taking time off
eating right
getting therapy
visiting with friends
and family
meditation
mindfulness
journaling
Birnbaum, 2008; Bober & Regehr, 2005; Figley, 2002;
Neff, 2009; Radey & Figley, 2007
More on Individual Coping Strategies
- humor
- having support and meeting with friends or
colleagues in the field
- self-care plans
- stress management training
- case discussion and regular supervision
Birbaum, 2008; Figley, 2002;
Self-Compassion and Mindfulness
Self-Compassion as a Coping Strategy
Having compassion for yourself when you are having a
difficult time, fail, or notice something you don’t like
about yourself in the same way you would have
compassion for others.
http://www.motherrr.com/help/topics/narcissism/thecasefornarcissism
Neff, 2009
Self-Compassion
3 Components:
- Self-kindness
- Common
Humanity
http://www.kyliedunn.com/2012/09/Day315.html
- Mindfulness
Neff, 2009
What Self-Compassion Isn’t
• Self-pity
• Self-indulgence
• Self-esteem
Neff, 2009
SELF-COMPASSION DISCUSSION
As a rough guide:
a score of 1-2.5 for your overall selfcompassion score indicates you are low in selfcompassion
2.5-3.5 indicates you are moderate in selfcompassion
3.5-5.0 means you are high in self-compassion
Higher scores for the Self-Judgment, Isolation,
and Over-Identification subscales indicate less
self-compassion
Higher scores on Mindfulness, Common
Humanity and Self-Kindness are indicative of
more self-compassion
If You Didn’t Get a
Self-Compassion Score
http://www.self-compassion.org/test-your-self-compassion-level.html
Self-Compassion Exercises
http://www.self-compassion.org/self-compassion-exercises.html
http://lisamendedesign.blogspot.com/2013/01/sunday-life-practicingself-compassion.html
Neff, 2009
Self-Compassion Meditation
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http://www.self-compassion.org/guided-self-compassion-meditations-mp3.html
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Neff, 2009
Self-Compassion Resources
http://www.self-compassion.org/links-to-other-websites.html
Neff, 2009
Mindfulness as a Coping Strategy
“Concentrated awareness of one's thoughts,
actions or motivations”(Think Mindfully, 2012).
To Practice:
• Use an anchor, such as breathing
• Notice thoughts and feelings
• Avoid judgment
Think Mindfully, 2012
Mindfulness Exercise
http://thinkmindfully.com/turning-towards-that-which-is-alreadythere
Think Mindfully, 2012
Mindfulness Resources
http://www.unr.edu/counseling/virtual-relaxation-room
http://www.thinkmindfully.com/
http://thinkmindfully.com/try-it
University of Nevada, Reno Counseling Services, 2014
Provider Resilience Phone App
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/provider-resilience/id559806962?mt=8
For Next Time
• Review
• Organization / Group Coping Strategies
• Case Scenarios
• Exit Survey
References
Birnbaum, L. (2008). The use of mindfulness training to create an ‘accompanying place’ for
social work students. Social Work Education, 27(8), 837-852.
Bober, T. & Regehr, C. (2005). Strategies for reducing or recognizing vicarious
trauma: Do they work? Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 6(1), 1-9
Bourassa, D. B. & Clements, J. (2002). Supporting ourselves: Groupwork
interventions for compassion fatigue. Groupwork, 20(2), 7-23.
Dane, B. & Chachkes, E. (2001). The cost of caring for patients with an illness. Social Work
in Healthcare, 33(2), 31-51.
Figley, C. R. (1999). Compassion fatigue: Toward a new understanding of the costs of
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and educators (2nd ed., pp. 3-28). Lutherville, MD: Sidran.
Figley, R. R. (2002). Compassion fatigue: Psychotherapists’ chronic lack of selfcare. Psychotherapy in Practice, 58(11), 1433 – 1441.
Hendrikson, E. J. (2013). Understanding how victim advocates view organizational peer support groups to reduce or prevent
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National Center for Telehealth and Technology. (2014). Provider resilience. Retrieved from https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/providerresilience/id559806962?mt=8
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Radey, M. & Figley, C. R. (2007). The social psychology of compassion. Clinical Social Work Journal, 35, 207-214.
Shannon, P. J., Simmelink-McCleary, J., Im, H., Becher, E. & Crook-Lyon, R. E. (2014). Developing self-care practices in a trauma
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