Description
Duration:
90 minutes including a Q&A
Includes:
• A certificate of completion
• The live webinar event if registering prior to commencement
• The on-demand recording to watch later at your convenience
• A handout in PDF format for viewing or self-printing
Objectives:
• To define and determine the differences between compassion fatigue, burnout, and countertransference
• To learn the variety of symptoms and how they may manifest
• To discuss vulnerability and resiliency characteristics of healthcare providers
• To explore strategies for increasing compassion satisfaction
• To learn relevant self-care coping skills
Description:
These are extraordinarily stressful times for healthcare professionals, doubly so for those who work on the front lines in direct care. This webinar is intended to help all healthcare professionals manage compassion fatigue and burnout; and to understand how countertransference can be an unconscious response to patients and clients. Participants will hear about how these stressors can manifest as symptoms in their lives, how to develop healthy boundaries and responses to them, and learn effective self care strategies.
Who Should Attend?:
• Nurses, Physicians, & Health Care Professionals in Direct Care Settings
• Emergency Department Staff, Critical Care staff
• Pediatric Staff, Staff in Mental Health and Addictions
• Social Workers, Psychologists, OT’s, PT’s, RT’s
• Occupational Health Nurses, Managers, Educators, HR staff
Sarah Allen Benton, MS, LMHC, LPC, AADC
Sarah Allen Benton is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor. She is Co-Owner of Benton Behavioral Health Consulting and Waterview Behavioral Health. She was the Clinical Strategy Advisor and Director of Clinical Services for Aware Recovery Care currently operating in 11 states. She has been a therapist and consultant at various levels of care. Sarah was a Therapist at McLean Hospital in Belmont, MA at The Brook dual diagnosis transitional living program, Klarman Center for eating disorder treatment and the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Institute.
Sarah has presented internationally to a wide variety of audiences on many unique behavioral health topics. She is author of the books “Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic” and “Parents in Recovery: Navigating a Sober Family Lifestyle” (2024). She has been featured in the New York Times, on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Today Show, CBS Early Show, SiriusXM, NPR and writes a blog on PsychologyToday.com.
