Empathy as Self-Care

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  • Understand the role empathy presents in human development, and how practicing empathy connects us to a higher meaning and purpose
  • Review the transformative role empathy plays in patient/client healing, and how enhancing empathetic responses toward ourselves and our colleagues can do the same for us
  • Learn the difference between compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction, and how we can discover new meaning in our work

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Victor Boomer-Jenks, LICSW, SUDP, CADCIII has worked in the addictions and mental health field for nearly twenty years in ambulatory, residential, crisis, and community outreach settings. Victor also provides strengths-oriented licensure supervision and agency consultation.