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Rehabilitation and other helping professionals can experience “burnout” or compassion fatigue. This workshop will address the concept of compassion fatigue and how it can affect professionals. Unique to this workshop, attendees will complete a self-care assessment and will also begin to address an individual self-care plan.
Objectives
Upon completion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Identify the impact of self-care on overall mental health.
- Identify three ways vicarious trauma adversely impacts rehabilitation and other helping professionals
- Complete a wellness self-assessment to identify areas of strengths and growth in relation to self-care
- Write a detailed self-care plan that can be implemented immediately
About the presenter:
Valerie Moreno-Tucker has a Bachelor’s degree in Education and a Master’s degree in Rehabilitation Counseling and a Master’s certificate in trauma-informed counseling. She is a 4th year Ph.D. student in Counselor Education & Supervision. Valerie worked for over 15 years in assessment and transition services, and for the past 5 years has focused her practice on clinical counseling. In her practice as an LCPC, she sees a general client population as well as individuals with ASD, intellectual disabilities, and neurodiversity. Aside from her clinical practice, Valerie is an instructor in the Rehabilitation Counseling department at Northern Illinois University. She has given over 20 professional presentations on topics related to the provision of rehabilitation and clinical counseling services. Valerie volunteers in Mental Health First Aid and Service to the Armed Forces for the American Red Cross.
