Vicarious Trauma, Burnout and Compassion Fatigue
- Differentiating between the terms
- Identifying the signs: conducting a pretraining assessment of burnout
- Untangling the different layers of the trauma of caregiving
- A comprehensive approach to breaking the cycle of caregiver trauma
A Culture of Silent Suffering
- Insanity is Doing the Same Thing Over and Over Expecting Different Results
- Examining myths that caregivers hold
- Challenging dysfunctional beliefs and practices
- Promoting human connection as one of the most powerful tools to heal burnout
Building Your Toolbox: Skills and Resiliency Practices
- Healing is not only about learning, but also about unlearning
- It is never too late to heal oneself
- A toolkit full of safe and healthy tools including:
- Nature-based, art-based, movementbased, and memory-based activities
- Gratitude and service as burnout antidotes
- Spiritual practices and rituals (tending to the soul)
- Leaning-in and reaching out
- Safely visiting your ACEs and nursing your invisible wounds
- Family and community healing activities
Making the Decision to Heal Yourself
- The best thing you can do for you and those around you
- Regaining the sense of serving clients with joy
- Bringing safety to the household
- Dismantling systems that hinder healing


