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Compassion Fatigue Certification Course for Healthcare Professionals

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  • More than 20 hours of content
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  • Certification through Evergreen Certification

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Debra Premashakti Alvis, PhD

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Debra Premashakti Alvis, PhD, is a licensed psychologist and private practitioner with over 30 years of clinical experience in supporting clients’ recovery from trauma, mood and relational concerns. Debra began working with parts of the self over three decades ago training extensively in Jungian oriented psychotherapy and contemplative approaches. She applied movement, mindfulness, and the expressive arts to explore parts of the self. She deepened her understanding of inner parts through multiple Internal Family Systems therapy educational trainings, combining her embodied contemplative approach with the IFS model. She finds that this integrative approach strengthens the self through facilitating the resolution of inner conflicts.

A seasoned international presenter and consultant, Dr. Alvis is a therapeutic yoga educator and mindfulness meditation teacher. She retired as faculty member from the University of Georgia where she developed and led the mind/body program. The program included a clinician training program integrating mindfulness, yoga and psychotherapy. A personal contemplative practice, research experience, and a deep understanding of Polyvagal Theory further enrich her presentations. She draws upon this unique background to provide effective, easily applicable skills designed for immediate integration into clinicians’ practices.
In addition to teaching, Dr. Alvis maintains a private practice and has more than 25 years of clinical experience in treating clients with a variety of conditions by mindfulness principles, body-oriented principles and traditional psychotherapeutic approaches. She also has an over 30-year personal contemplative practice.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Debra Alvis maintains a private practice and receives a speaking honorarium from PSIvet, Ridgeview Institute, Twin Lakes Recovery Center, eCare, Essential Therapy Training, Alma, CEU Creations and Mountain Area Health Education Center. She is a paid consultant for Evergreen Certifications. Debra Alvis receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Debra Alvis is a member of the American Association of College Student Personnel, the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education, the Association of Specialists in Group Work, the Athens Area Psychological Association, and the Georgia Psychological Association.

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Sara Lefkowitz, RN, BSN, MPA

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Sara Lefkowitz, RN, BSN, MPA, is a dynamic and engaging speaker who presents highly acclaimed seminars on stress reduction for healthcare workers throughout the United States. She has firsthand knowledge of the challenges that nurses face through her years working in large urban hospitals on medical surgical units and in the emergency department. She did this while being a wife and mother; so she understands the difficulties of juggling family and career responsibilities.

Sara is naturally curious and a lifelong learner. This spirit helped her face her own periods of burnout with optimism and hope. She is excited to share with you the best techniques from her studies on mindfulness based stress reduction, meditation, compassion, and wellbeing. Because the best cure can be a day in nature; Sara is often found kayaking on the bay or hiking in the mountains.

Sara hopes you will join her in this experiential and career-changing workshop. She will teach you how to calm the mind, soothe the emotions and speak up for the profession. In a nutshell, when stressed; breathe, feel your feet on the floor, and choose kindness.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Sara Lefkowitz is a Professor Emeritus College of Marin. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Sara Lefkowitz has no relevant non-financial relationships.
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Kirsten Davin, OTD, OTR/L, ATP, SMS, CAPS, CHSE, EMT-B, CFF-II

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Dr. Kirsten Davin is a Clinical Associate Professor and Academic Fieldwork Coordinator in the Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) program at Baylor University, where she has served since 2019. In this role, she leads the development and coordination of Level I and Level II fieldwork experiences within a hybrid educational model, collaborating extensively with clinical partners across the United States to support student learning and professional transition.

 

Dr. Davin is recognized for her leadership in hybrid and simulation-based occupational therapy education, with scholarly and pedagogical interests focused on clinical education innovation, student readiness for fieldwork, and the integration of technology—such as simulated electronic medical records—into occupational therapy curricula.

 

In addition to her academic role, Dr. Davin has an extensive history in continuing education and professional training. Since 2007, she has served as a national and international instructor with PESI, delivering thousands of live and virtual courses to interdisciplinary healthcare audiences. Her teaching spans acute care rehabilitation, ICU management, splinting, assistive technology, seating and positioning, and clinical decision-making for medically complex patients.

 

Clinically, Dr. Davin brings more than two decades of experience across a wide range of adult and older adult practice settings, including acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, home health, oncology, and complex mobility. Her expertise includes wheelchair seating and positioning, assistive technology, orthotics and splinting, and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation. She holds advanced certifications as an Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) and Seating and Mobility Specialist (SMS) through RESNA, as well as credentials as a Certified Aging in Place Specialist (CAPS) and Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE), reflecting her commitment to both clinical excellence and educational innovation.

 

Dr. Davin’s teaching philosophy emphasizes the integration of functional, occupation-based practice with interdisciplinary collaboration and real-world clinical application.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Kirsten Davin maintains a private practice and has an employment relationship with Baylor University. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties with PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Kirsten Davin is a member of the American Occupational Therapy Association. the Illinois Occupational Therapy Association, and the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America.

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Stephanie L. Shafer, DHSc, MSN, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC

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Stephanie Shafer, DHSc, MSN, PMHNP-BC, ANP-BC, founded Neurobehavioral Health and Wellness, a private mental health practice in Okemos, Michigan, recognized as the "Best Mental Health Clinic" several years in a row. The practice serves adults, adolescents, and children with psychiatric disorders, including ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive tendencies, schizophrenia, autism spectrum disorder, traumatic brain injury, PTSD, and personality disorders.

 

Central to her success is a structured model of care built around thorough clinical and background histories, careful identification of psychosocial stressors, and a mechanism-based approach to treatment - a framework that has proven essential to the effective delivery of psychiatric medications within her practice.

 

Clinically, Dr. Shafer's background spans emergency medicine, primary care, and psychiatry, across settings ranging from a large urban hospital to community-based practices, clinics, and private practice. A transition from primary care to psychiatry followed naturally, driven by a commitment to serving a growing population of underserved patients with psychiatric disorders. The past decade has been devoted to refining her skills in outpatient psychiatry.

 

She has completed graduate studies at UCLA, followed by a specialized post-master's degree in psychiatric mental health from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Dual certification as a nurse practitioner and an NEI Master Psychopharmacology certification round out her clinical accomplishments. In demand as a speaker, she regularly shares her expertise with multidisciplinary healthcare audiences nationwide, including resident physicians at Michigan State University.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Stephanie Shafer maintains a private practice and receives a speaking honorarium from Collegium pharmaceuticals. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Stephanie Shafer is a member of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

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Media Type:
Online Course
Product Code:
CRS001582
Duration:
20 hours, 10 minutes
Copyright:
Apr 29, 2022

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