Healing the Healer: Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious​​ Trauma, and Self-Care

Upcoming Dates:

September 9th

Time:

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Pacific Time Zone

Instructors:

Veronika Gold, LMFT • Christine Pateros, RN, MA •  Sonia Telle, LMFT • Amy Hyun Swart, LMFT • Florian Birkmayer, MD • Cathy Skipper • Serena Malkani, MA • Harvey Schwartz, PhD

For the September 9th module, Sonia Troiani-Doulton, MA, will be joining us as an instructor in the place of Sonia Telle.

$200

Regular Price

$249

CE Price

Training & Retreats

These programs are designed to provide interested physicians, psychologists, therapists, nurses, chaplains, and other healthcare professionals with principles and procedures of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy in a clinical setting.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

In this workshop, we focus on the specifics of working with non-ordinary states of consciousness in psychotherapy, and the importance of self-care, processing material post-session, and preparation strategies for psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy sessions to prevent countertransference stress and burnout. We integrate diverse clinical theories, traditions, and philosophies on therapist self-care, offering participants an increasingly wide-angle lens on the evolving field of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and grounding it in clinical wisdom. We give attention to understanding vicarious traumatization, burnout, compassion fatigue, and secondary post-traumatic stress. 

Teachings are appropriate for healthcare professionals as well as the general public. Healthcare professionals will be able to incorporate the tools and practices offered in this program in ways beneficial to clients or patients. We include a combination of presentations for a total of six continuing education credits and participation in two hours of self-care activities that will not earn continuing education credits.


LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

  1. List two grounding techniques to use before and during work with clients in NOSC.
  2. Explain the importance of healer self-care to prevent secondary/provider PTSD burnout, compassion fatigue.
  3. Discuss two ways in which good self-care is essential for prevention of boundary violations. 
  4. List two ways in which unconscious themes/shadow material can interfere with therapists’ ability to be present for their clients.
  5. List five dimensions of self-care to prevent burnout and vicarious traumatization.
  6. Describe one somatic technique that can be used for working with grief.

Information on Continuing Education Credit for Health Professionals:

Polaris Insight Center provides didactic, experiential, and residential training in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy. These programs are designed to provide interested physicians, psychologists, therapists, nurses, and other healthcare professionals with principles and procedures of KAP and how to use ketamine in combination with psychotherapy in a clinical setting.

We offer the training in multiple modules with Module 1 being a required course for Modules 2-5 and the Practice Module. Taking modules in the sequence is recommended but not required, as each module builds on the knowledge and skills taught in the previous module.

Cost:

Healing the Healer is $200 ($175 + a $25 non-refundable administrative fee) and 6 CE credits are available for an additional $49.

Cancellation Policy: Participants need to cancel up to 2 weeks in advance to receive a 100% refund of the $275. If canceled after the 2-weeks-in-advance period they can use the credit for a future training or receive a 50% refund.

Information on Continuing Education Credit for Health Professionals

  • CE credits for psychologists are provided by Polaris Insight Center which is sponsoring this program. Polaris Insight Center is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Polaris Insight Center maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
  • The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CE credits for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT license renewal for programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
  • LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFTs, and other mental health professionals from states other than California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
  • For questions about enrolling in CEs for psychologists, LCSWs, LPCCs, LEPs, and LMFT or any other CE questions, contact us at ce@polarisinsight.com
  • Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA), a co-sponsor of this program, is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California. Spiritual Competency Academy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.  RNs must retain their certificate of attendance for 4 years after the course concludes.
  • For questions about CEs for nurses, visit www.spiritualcompetencyacademy.com or contact the Spiritual Competency Academy at info@spiritualcompetencyacademy.com
  • Other questions about training can be emailed to our Training Coordinator at training@polarisinsight.com 

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