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In this course, we will study resilience and well-being to prevent burnout, traumatic stress, and compassion fatigue for social services and mental health professionals, healthcare providers, emergency first responders, and other relationship-intense occupations.We will explore the causes, symptoms, and effects of traumatic stress, burnout, compassion fatigue, and other work-related stress, with a keen focus on enhancing quality of life and improving a healthy lifestyle by incorporating evidence-based practices in psychological and emotional resilience training, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, positive psychology, prevention, peer support, and self-care, including nutrition, exercise, and sleep. Finally, we will explore strategies that function as preventative medicine to help mitigate the potential harmful effects of highly stressful careers.
Material Type:
Full Course
Authors:
Micah Weedman,
Karly Schauwecker