Training Title: Retired ~ Addictions: Compassion Fatigue & Helping Professionals
Clock Hours: 1
Objectives: At the completion of this program, participants should be able to:
• Understand the difference between compassion fatigue and burnout
• Identify symptoms of compassion fatigue
• Determine a healthy coping strategy for each compassion fatigue symptom identified
Description: Compassion Fatigue is a problem for many helping professionals. This training explores the difference between burnout and compassion fatigue, the signs of compassion fatigue, and healthy coping strategies to avoid compassion fatigue.
Keywords: Burnout, compassion, fatigue, preoccupation, cumulative trauma
Approval Bodies
Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education (ACE)
CAADE - California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators
California Association of DUI Treatment Programs (CADTP)
California Board of Registered Nursing
California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP)
Connecticut Certification Board, Inc.
Florida Board of Nursing
Florida Board of Psychology
Florida Dept. of Health (Board of Social Work, Marriage & Family, Mental Health Counseling)
Illinois Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association, Inc. 07/20-22 (O)
Illinois Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association, Inc. 7/22-24 (CP).
NAADAC, National Association for Addiction Professionals
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