Secure Your Own Oxygen Mask First: Mindful Approaches to Therapist Burnout

3.0 Credit Hours

Course Overview:

Burnout: “A state of physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion that result from long-term involvement in work situations that are emotionally demanding” (Schaufeli & Greenglass, 2001). Clinical psychology is just such an emotionally demanding work situation. As clinicians, we are vulnerable to this physical and emotional exhaustion as well as other signs of burnout such as irritability, discouragement, sense of low personal accomplishment, reduced attention and concentration within session, poor decision-making, and compromised therapeutic relationships. This webinar is intended for psychotherapists who wish to better understand and manage the symptoms of professional burnout to be more effective and resilient in this challenging work.

Workshop Objectives:

In this webinar, we will examine the phenomenon of burnout, along with the related concepts of compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma.

Using questionnaires, self-report measures, and discussions we will consider our vulnerabilities and risks for burnout, as well as our resources and strengths.

We will identify life domains where we can develop “career-sustaining behaviors” that will not only reduce or prevent burnout but will greatly enhance our work satisfaction and effectiveness.

A variety of strategies for monitoring and managing burnout will be introduced, with particular attention to recent contributions from mindfulness and acceptance-based therapies.

Presenter Bio: Chris McCurry, PhD

Dr. McCurry has worked as a clinical psychologist in Seattle, Washington, since 1991. He completed training with acceptance and commitment therapy cofounder Steve Hayes at the University of Nevada, Reno. Dr. McCurry has presented more than 60 workshops, both nationally and internationally, including webinars on professional burnout for the Nevada and Washington state psychological associations.

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