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Compassion Fatigue Monthly Support Group for Professionals
March 4, 2008
MettaKnowledge for Peace is hosting a monthly Compassion Fatigue Support Group starting in March. Meetings will be for 2 hours at a time agreed upon by interested participants at a central location in Charlottesville, VA. You will be supported by your colleagues as we explore the many challenges we all face when we work with problems of violence. Participants will be asked to bring their needs and ideas to the work of the group. Areas explored will include:
-Learning more about PTSD and Secondary traumatic stress from past and recent research and theory and applying it to one’s own experience
-Exploring with support areas where one feels stressed out, burned out, and discouraged
-Exploring what “compassion” and caring mean to you and how to put it in action in your work
-Developing good self-care strategies and getting support for putting them into action on the day to day
-Learning tools to help deal with stress, such as various kinds of meditation and the arts
Cost for each session is $30/person. To sign up for the group, go to the registration page at: http://www.mettaknowledge.com/training/workshop-registration. Space will be limited, so sign up soon!
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