Compassion Fatigue - Reach Canada

Compassion Fatigue - Reach Canada

By CMHA Ottawa: Events | ACSM d'Ottawa: événements

Date and time

Tue, Jun 6, 2023 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PDT

Location

Online

About this event

***Please note the session you are registering for will be held VIRTUALLY VIA ZOOM*** Participants will require a computer and the ability to use video and audio to participate fully in the program and we recommend downloading the Zoom client in advance of your training session.

ABOUT THE COURSE

What is Compassion Fatigue?

Compassion fatigue can look different for everyone and can range in severity at different times. It involves a gradual erosion of empathy and energy to care for others when in a helping role for an extended period of time. Other experiences linked to compassion fatigue are vicarious trauma, secondary traumatic stress and burnout.

Sometimes the demands of being a caregiver outweigh our own internal abilities to remain resilient while we help others. We become so preoccupied with the suffering of those we help that it becomes a great emotional burden that affects our own sense of well-being and we simply don't have the energy to care any longer.

In general, compassion fatigue feels like the cooling embers in a dying fire.

Details

June 6, 2023 - from 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Location: VIRTUAL ONLINE SESSION VIA ZOOM. Full details on the virtual session will be sent to participants 5 business days prior to the program start date through an Outlook invitation. Participants will require a computer and the ability to use video and audio to participate fully in the program and we recommend downloading the Zoom client in advance of your training session.

***For information on how to best prepare for your online experience, please CLICK HERE.

Organized by

CMHA Ottawa: Events | ACSM d'Ottawa: événements

The Canadian Mental Health Association, Ottawa Branch, is a community-based, registered charity dedicated to promoting good mental health, developing and implementing support systems and services and encouraging public action to strengthen community mental health services and related policies and legislation. As a recognized leader in our field, we constantly work with a variety of organizations to promote our mandate.

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L’Association canadienne pour la santé mentale, section d’Ottawa est un organisme caritatif communautaire visant la promotion d’une bonne santé mentale, le développement et la mise en œuvre de systèmes de soutien et de services et la mobilisation communautaire permettant de renforcer les services, les politiques et les lois se rapportant à la santé mentale en milieu communautaire. En tant que leader dans notre domaine, nous travaillons assidument avec de multiples partenaires pour faire la promotion de notre mandat.

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