Debra Alvis – Compassion Fatigue Certification Training for Healthcare, Mental Health and Caring Professionals

Outline

Compassion Fatigue’s Impact on Professionals, the Workplace, and Caregivers

• History of compassion fatigue
• Compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, depression, and burnout
• Recognize contributing factors
• Identify how compassion fatigue robs you of your ability to nurture
• The ethics of self-care – research evidence

Red Flags to Watch for: Signs and Symptoms of Compassion Fatigue

• The nervous system’s role in CF and its symptomology
• Assessment instruments for self and others
• Identify triggers for emotional distress
• Review your personal/professional history

The Compassion and Empathy Toolkit: How to Maintain Purpose, Fulfillment and Thrive

• Reset during the workday with strategies to:
  • Restore compassion & clarity
  • Reconnect with the rewards
  • Raise your gratitude quotient
  • Apply your signature strengths in new ways
• Build competence and compassion by being present

Conquer Burnout with Strategies To: De-Stress, Manage Emotions, Reduce Anxiety, and Stop Feeling Overwhelmed

• Deep breathing exercises for immediate calm
• Right here/right now – stay in the moment to reduce anxieties
• Effective and healthy ways to manage your emotions
• Change limiting stories about caring for yourself
• Release the negative – 3 steps to countering negativity bias

Create a Healthy Home/Work Balance

• Bring calm after work hours with relaxation techniques
• Restore body & mind with awareness
• Stop replaying your day – strategies to end rumination
• How to rewire your brain towards happiness
• Food as medicine – nutrition tips for enhancing resiliency and wellbeing

Retention and Resiliency Strategies: How Organizations and Individuals Can Build Better Work Environments

• How cleansing the toxic workplace combats compassion fatigue
• Manage bullying and blaming
• Communication strategies for collaborative relationships
• Stair-steps towards building resilient practitioners
• Empowering leadership for change

Faculty

Debra Alvis, Ph.D. Related seminars and products: 10

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Debra Alvis, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, professor, and workplace wellness consultant whose trainings to address compassion fatigue have helped healthcare and mental health professionals around the country, including the medical staff at a flagship state university health center.

Over the last 20 years Dr. Alvis has designed individualized and group programs to promote stress hardiness, work-life balance, and resiliency for nurses, physicians, social workers, counselors, and others working in jobs with excessive demands on their empathy. Her work in a range of medical and mental health settings provides her with a keen understanding of these demands and the potential impact on professionals across disciplines.

Dr. Alvis also developed and led the Mind/Body Program at the University of Georgia that specializes in addressing anxiety, stress, and depression in individuals with physical health concerns and co-morbid mental health issues.

Dr. Alvis lectures, leads retreats around the world, and maintains a private practice in Georgia where she treats clients with anxiety, trauma, shame, depression and relational concerns. She continues to serve as a professor at the University of Georgia where she supervises the clinical work of doctoral students, teaches health psychology, and co-leads a research team.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Debra Alvis is in private practice. Dr. Alvis receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Debra Alvis has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.