Ethical Self-Compassion Practices: Managing Trauma-Related Stress for Clinicians

Course overview

Trauma treatment presents a unique and challenging array of ethical issues. Among these is the ethical imperative of clinician self-care. The therapist's well-being directly impacts clinical outcomes and client satisfaction. Across disciplines, ethical codes recognize that clinician well-being constitutes a salient aspect of beneficence and client care. With the intensity and time demands of trauma treatment, clinician self-care can easily be compromised, leaving the clinician vulnerable to compassion fatigue, burnout, and subsequent ethical errors. Given the rigors of trauma treatment, a clinician self-care plan including a variety of wellness strategies is critical. This evidence-based seminar provides a review of related ethics codes, current evidence on clinician self-care, and tools for building the inner reserves essential to therapist well-being. Join Debra, a seasoned and sought-after presenter, in exploring the ethics of therapist self-care in trauma treatment through discussion, video clips, and engagement in brief clinician resiliency strategies. Leave the seminar with a therapist self-care plan and with new wellness tools ready for application.