December 2019 Webinar
Compassion Fatigue & Advocate Self Care
Are you feeling mentally and physically tired, having difficulty concentrating, overeating, overspending or feeling more irritable than usual? These are a few indicators that you may be experiencing compassion fatigue and burnout. Common among professional helpers, compassion fatigue and burnout can interfere with the ability to be fully present in our working and personal lives. The Compassion Fatigue & Advocate Self-Care webinar will explore the difference between compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction, define burnout, and review indicators of burnout. The webinar will also provide information on skill development in the prevention of secondary traumatic stress and identify self-care strategies for advocates and allied partners working with survivors of domestic violence.
Free for members / $25 for non-members
Speaker
Cynthia Rubenstein, MS, LMHC, is a licensed mental health counselor with over 20 years of experience as a program manager, experiential trainer, group facilitator, and consultant for domestic violence organizations. Cynthia began working for the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence in 2015 and currently conducts training and technical assistance for Florida certified domestic violence centers and community partners as an Advocacy Specialist. She is a certified compassion fatigue specialist and the author of several journal articles. Cynthia is a former member of Florida’s Statewide Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team and currently provides staff support to the team. She conducted technical assistance to domestic violence fatality review teams nationwide during the time she served as a consultant with the National Domestic Violence Fatality Review Initiative (NDVFRI).