Compassion Fatigue Resilience: Taking Care of Yourself While Caring About Others (Archived)

Dr. Schwanz teaches participants about compassion fatigue (CF), including signs and symptoms as well as risk factors. She describes compassion satisfaction and self-care as important tools for preventing CF and for mitigating its negative effects. Dr. Schwanz identifies skills and practices for building compassion fatigue resilience (CFR) and presents a preview of a proposed online intervention for CFR called “ME FIRST.”