Background: Clinicians in the field of eating disorders know our clients are complex, and the healing journey is challenging and long. What we often forget is the impact it has on us emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. This workshop is for you, time to take inventory, readjust, and renew your passion!
Passion Robbers:
- Compassion Fatigue
- Anxiety
- Fear
- Anger/Resentments
- unforgiveness
- Living in the Past
- Living in the Future
- Depression
1. Compassion Fatique: signs and symtom
Test to evaluate level of burnout.
2. Anxiety:Learning to live in the arena of the Now
3. Fears: Hallways of changes & doors of opportunity.
4. Anger/Resentments: Life commodities of time, talent, energy.
Make a list. Make a decision.
5. Unforgiveness:
Make a list. Write a letter. Make a decision.
6. Living in the past:
Regrets, Could haves, Should haves, If only:
7. Living in the future:
Fears, Anxieties, Questions.
7. Depression:
Get help, Move your Body, Challenge your Mind, Feed your Spirit. Connect.
Therapist Toolbox:
- Supervision.
- Leisure Atom.
- Mental Challenge.
- Physical Challenge.
- Emotional Challenge.
- Spiritual Challenge.
Helpful Questions:Regarding Clients and Your Relationship
- Your sense of safety?
- Your sense of self-esteem (as a therapist, a person)?
- Your sense of trust.?
- Your need for control?
- Your feelings of intimacy?
- Your freedom to be yoursellf?
- Your view of the world?
- Your spirituality/
Professional Self Care:
- Take time to eat lunch.
- Take time to chat with co-worker.
- Make quiet time to complete task.
- Identify task that are exciting and rewarding.
- Set llimits with clients and colleagues.
- Balance your caseload.
- Arrange work space so it is comfortable and comforting.
- Get regular supervision.
- Negotiate for your needs (benefits, pay raise)
- Have a peer support group.
- Develop a non-trauma area of professional interest.
The field of eating disorders is a very complex and stressful environment, due to the complexity of the eating disorder, the family of origin, and underlying trauma. In my role as a consultant and a trainer I oftern encounter therapist who question the direction of the industry, feel used up by the system, or unable to cope with the changes in the reimbursment, or the demand to do more with less. Most clinicians are good at measuring alot of thing in eating disorders, such as BMI, weight, amount of exerise, amount of food consumed, and etc, but not good at measuring their own performance. Clininicans with heart, burn out, and because we care we often get trapped in co-dependency and over committment to the extent of commpassion fatigue and burn-out. It is time to evaulate our level of committment ,and measure our fatigue. The fatigue can be measured by looking at the following, your sense of safety, your sense of self-esteem, your sense of trust, your need for control, your feelings of intimacy, your managament of your feelings, your freedom to be yourself, your view of the world, and your spirituality. This evaluation will allow you to reconnect with your passion, and plan new supports, and activities to support your continued growth in a field where well trained therapist with heart are needed for the long journey we walk with our clients.
Mary is an award- winning national and international speaker who has been leading seminars, retreats and workshops for over 30 years. Mary is a clinician known for her work in the field of eating disorders and addictions. She has been privileged to work with many of the premiere treatment centers offering training in leadership, psychodrama, strategic planning and program development. Having served as past-president, Mary continues as a member of the iaedp Board of Directors.
