Upon completion of the course, the participants will:

• Recognize the array of assessment methods for both compassion fatigue, resiliency, and stress reactions.
• Recognize the array of treatment approaches for treating compassion fatigue and related work-related trauma.
• Recognize that strategies for preventing compassion fatigue are associated with effective self care and, thus the need to focus on wellness in the workplace.
• Describe the elements of the wellness and the MASTERS Transformative process
• Describe the challenges of working with those with compassion fatigue and how best to convince them that they need a comprehensive program of transformation.
• Describe the process of translating the data generated from testing and interviewing the client to designing a program of treatment and Identify self-care goals;
• Describe the basic elements of a Compassion Fatigue Treatment Program.
• Understand and appreciate one’s own journey to wellness and be aware of the requirements for getting there and staying there.
• Learn and practice visualization techniques.
• Develop a path for one’s own journey and the need for self care toward wellness.
• Recognize resistance to, excuses about, and readiness for wellness transformation.
• Apply the array of treatment approaches for treating compassion fatigue and related work-related trauma.
• Describe the ways in which Traumatic Incident Reduction can be used effectively to desensitize traumatized workers as part of a comprehensive wellness transformation process.
• Describe the ways in which EMDR can be used effectively to desensitize traumatized workers as part of a comprehensive wellness transformation process.
• Describe the challenges of remission in the journey toward wellness and the strategies to prevent it and assure wellness maintenance.
• Apply the wellness transformation process in one’s own professional context (e.g., private practice, child protection, medical, first responders)
• Recognize and appreciate the challenges of applying the knowledge and skills of a Compassion Fatigue Therapist to extend this knowledge through training, education, and supervision.